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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/113770183527104903">Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 21:53:58 JST</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc" title="ryanc@infosec.exchange"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/174285-48-20231204225121.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>It would be really funny if this was used to generate cryptocurrency keys.</p><p>FWIW, you can do a serviceable "software only" TRNG based on comparing the jitter of two clock sources.</p><p>This is some "Poe's law" stuff, could be satire, could be deranged tech bro. </p><p>Via <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@sophieschmieg">@sophieschmieg</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4311177#notice-8427857">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-04T21:53:58+09:00" title="Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 21:53:58 JST">Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 21:53:58 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc/113770183527104903" rel="external" title="Sent from infosec.exchange via ActivityPub">infosec.exchange</a></span></span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc/113770183527104903">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3841094">Screenshot from Twitter, where Bas advertised my blog posts, with a reply of someone who founded a company using GenAI trained on random inputs to create the "world's first software only true random number generator"</a></label><br><a href="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/113/770/169/600/407/560/original/4761eefe9ce145d1.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/113/770/169/600/407/560/original/4761eefe9ce145d1.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 21:53:58 JSTRyan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:
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It would be really funny if this was used to generate cryptocurrency keys.
FWIW, you can do a serviceable "software only" TRNG based on comparing the jitter of two clock sources.
This is some "Poe's law" stuff, could be satire, could be deranged tech bro.
Via @sophieschmieg
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