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by xorcist 2416 days ago
"Trust" isn't really that binary. I trust smart cards and key fobs much more with not leaking key material than generating said keys in a safe fashion.

That specific best practice might not be the most important for most people to follow, compared to other things on the list, but it is definitively a good idea and has saved me before. Random number generators on embedded devices aren't always the best.