Admittedly, the SB42 Random Number Generator built by [Simon Boak] isn’t exactly something you’d be using for cryptography.

For example, it would be better to use a random-number generator that produces a sequence of zeros, ones, and twos and then ignores the zeros to give a sequence of just ones and twos.

If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it. The same goes for tax audits or when you opt for a quick pick lottery ticket. But how ...

There are many ways to generate random numbers, the most well-known of which can be traced back over thousands of years: for instance, a simple dice, or coin-flipping, provides unpredictable results.

Fast randomness A diagram of the quantum random number generator on the photonic integrated chip. (Courtesy: Bing Bai and Yao Zheng) Smartphones could soon come equipped with a quantum-powered source ...

Random numbers: Hard times ahead for hackers Date: May 31, 2017 Source: Université de Genève Summary: Whenever we need to communicate in secret, a cryptographic key is needed. For this key to ...