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Could this be used as "shake your mac for highly random seed" bits?
by ggm 8mo ago
Could this be used as "shake your mac for highly random seed" bits?
- c22 8mo agoProbably not as random as you want it to be.
- sysguest 8mo agowell wouldn't it add up? someWhatRandom1 xor someWhatRandom2 xor notRandom3 xor ... should be more 'random' than just 'someWhatRandom1'
- throawayonthe 8mo agoi'm not sure it would necessarily be more random if you're mixing in a lower-entropy source which the accelerometer probably is
- LoganDark 8mo agoXOR is the worst hashing function imaginable, especially if the data isn't truly random, because it can cancel out to become even less random! It's better to use a KDF or something. Even a block cipher should work far better than XOR.
- mlajtos 8mo agoShake your Mac to undo would be consistent with iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro. Yes, you shake your head to undo when wearing AVP.
- RupertSalt 8mo agoThis is a milder version of “Shake to Reboot” which is standard for all Etch-a-Sketch models
- 1e1a 8mo agoThere's lots of noise in the accelerometer readings, even without shaking