A wall of lava lamps helps encrypt the internet
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A wall of lava lamps helps encrypt the internet
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#3But is it really random? #conspiracy
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#4It's open to the public‽ Seems like a bad idea to let a potential spy in there to set up a camera and de-randomize this source of random info. Also, the headline on HN declares it a fact that the lava lamps are assisting in the encryption, but the article is careful to say "maybe", "might", etc.
This seems wildly insecure and much more likely to represent a weak link than to actually aid in randomness.
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#5There's a good Tom Scott video on this too. Like most of his stuff, it's well worth the watch.
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#7More details on how it is implemented here: https://blog.cloudflare.com/lavarand-in-production-the-nitty...
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#8The Cloudflare blog posts that go into this in detail:
https://blog.cloudflare.com/lavarand-in-production-the-nitty...
https://blog.cloudflare.com/randomness-101-lavarand-in-produ...
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#9It's open to the public‽ Seems like a bad idea to let a potential spy in there to set up a camera and de-randomize this source of random info. Also, the headline on HN declares it a fact that the lava lamps are assisting in the encryption, but the article is careful to say "maybe", "might", etc. This seems wildly insecure and much more likely to represent a weak link than to actually aid in randomness.
Even if the data is not random it doesn't weaken your kernel prng by writing non-random data to urandom.
Don't overcomplicate your threat model with non-existent risks
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#10How do they prevent the camera or its outgoing feed from being hacked or replaced by the NSA?
Edit: I see this is addressed partially by wkandek's link elsewhere in this discussion.