18 Oct
2013
18 Oct
'13
7:32 p.m.
On 2013-10-19 04:46, Joseph Holsten wrote:
Open design doesn't mean it hasn't been undermined in manufacturing. If you didn't built it yourself, you can't be sure. cf http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html Being on this list again is making me paranoid. On the bright side, my tinfoil hats are becoming quite fashionable. -- ~j
You can, however, be sure a microphone input is a reliable source of entropy, since fake entropy would interfere with its microphone function. When you hold a seashell to your ear, you are hearing thermal noise.