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thanatos519
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Ask HN: Why don't PCs have better entropy sources?
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hsbauauvhabzb
on April 1, 2022
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Windows APIs from what I hear share a similar issue to /dev/random (apps rely on bugs in APIs). Maybe the problem is the lack of forward thinking to fix issues.
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