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> What if someone realizes that Google uses a broken cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) à la Debian ? 1. Someone with bad intentio
by __david__ 6y ago
> What if someone realizes that Google uses a broken cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) à la Debian ?
1. Someone with bad intentions figuring that out could start spamming other domains using gmail.com From Addresses.
2. Someone with good intentions would contact google security for a bug bounty or maybe just publish a zero-day report. Google would correct the issue and the world would be a slightly more secure place.
#2 would almost certainly happen, I suspect. And if #1 happened _before_ #2 then there'd be more spam in the world, temporarily.
To me the risk seems low.