[Cryptography] [RNG] /dev/random initialisation
James A. Donald
jamesd at echeque.com
Fri Nov 1 22:37:31 EDT 2013
On 2013-10-31 19:15, ianG wrote:
> The question probably comes down to: do you believe that the NSA
> intervenes in the process? If not, then you will tend to err on the
> side of incompetence, security being too hard for people, avoid
> committees, etc etc.
>
> If you do believe that the NSA has and is interfering in the process,
> then all bets are off. We have to establish a theory as to how, when,
> why, etc.
I sent a dummy skype text that referenced a secret url on my own
website, created for this test and never used before or since.
Shortly thereafter, got a hit on that url.
Wearing tinfoil hat now. These days I assume that anyone who criticizes
tinfoil hats is an NSA agent.
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