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Why would they use a constant seed? How difficult is it to use a time stamp?
by TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
Why would they use a constant seed? How difficult is it to use a time stamp?
- extrapickles 6y agoInstead of timestamps, use the browsers built-in secure random number generator. Anything else can be guessed/computed.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- palant 6y agoBecause any kind of predictable noise can be easily calculated and removed. And randomized noise that changes on each call can be removed by making the call multiple times and averaging out the values. So a constant noise value isn’t the worst possible idea, as long as it cannot be retrieved of course.