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See my post about why multiplying two sources of random numbers will actually reduce the entropy to less than even a single one of the sources: https://news.yco
by goldenkey 10y ago
See my post about why multiplying two sources of random numbers will actually reduce the entropy to less than even a single one of the sources: https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=11719840&goto=item%3Fid%3D11719543 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=11719840&goto=item%3Fi...
It is imperative to use a binary hash that leaves all possible input pairs equally probable for the output. That is what this paper is about.