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I'm very curious to see how those data points are going to be used, especially the one about smashing the keyboard.

• jeremysmyth 11y ago
  That sort of input is used for key generation entropy, so hopefully Randall is going to use it to break all my SSH and GPG keys. I can't wait to see what he does with them.
  • JshWright 11y ago
    Generally the entropy is derived from the timing of the interrupts from the keypresses. The actual output of keys pressed isn't terribly useful.
    • Vexs 11y ago
      Huh, I wouldn't have guessed that, but I suppose it makes sense- people usually follow patterns on keyboards.
      • klez 11y ago
        I guess those pattern get broken once someone uses a dvorak keymap (like I do) and the person analyzing the text doesn't know.
      • JshWright 11y ago
        Yeah, and the last couple bits of the microsecond timestamp on the interrupt that fired when the key pressed are going to be pretty darn random.