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benchaney
3873 days ago
There is no guarantee that any PRNG will be indistinguishable from random noise but a properly designed hash function will be as close as any.
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huntaub
3873 days ago
Sorry - guarantee was probably too strong. I meant it in the mathematical sense (no more than a negligible chance of distinguishing from random noise) [1].
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographically_secure_pseud...
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographically_secure_pseud...