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by SAI_Peregrinus 2285 days ago
If the key is securely random AND only used once, it won't compromise the encryption. But it's a bad idea, since it requires enforcing that the key is a nonce, instead of just a key. It's a bad habit, and can easily lead to compromise (when someone inevitably uses it as example code in a situation where those guarantees don't hold, for instance.)