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Re: [Cryptography] [RNG] /dev/random initialisation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Sat Nov 2 12:20:14 2013
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Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:37:31 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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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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