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paranoid_crypto
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google / paranoid_crypto

paranoid_crypto

Paranoid's library contains implementations of checks for well known weaknesses on cryptographic artifacts.

7Distinct people
15Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
913GitHub stars
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Paranoid's library contains implementations of checks for well known weaknesses on cryptographic artifacts.

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Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 6:01:32 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2022-08-26 15:38:29 UTC to 2026-11-01 23:09:18 UTC.

02462022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
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What about if you then feed that into a DRBG? TRNG based on quantum vacuum: From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371059 : > "100-Gbit/s Integrated Quantum Random Number Generator Based on Vacuum Fluctuations" https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.010330 From .. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43497414 : >>> google/paranoid_crypto.lib.randomness_tests There are NIST randomness tests, for example; https://github.com/google/paranoid_crypto/tree/main/paranoid... https://github.com/google/paranoid_crypto/blob/main/examples... "Traceable random numbers from a non-local quantum advantage" (2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09054-3 : > Here we demonstrate a fully traceable random number generation protocol based on device-independent techniques. Our protocol extracts randomness from unpredictable non-local quant
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um correlations, and uses distributed intertwined hash chains to cryptographically trace and verify the extraction process. This protocol forms the basis for a public traceable and certifiable quantum randomness beacon that we have launched. FWIU also there are already QRNG or QTRNG based upon photonic speckle pattern interference; LEDs and a photodiode and an FPGA or an RP2040 or better.
In Beyond Traditional Pseudorandomness, Tsotchkes' Quantum Random Number Generation
Another source of random entropy better than a wall of lava lamps: >> "100-Gbit/s Integrated Quantum Random Number Generator Based on Vacuum Fluctuations" https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.010330 But is that good enough random for rngd to continually re-seed an rng with? (Is our description of such measurable fluctuations in the quantum foam inadequate to predict what we're calling random?) > google/paranoid_crypto.lib.randomness_tests: https://github.com/google/paranoid_crypto/tree/main/paranoid... .. docs: https://github.com/google/paranoid_crypto/blob/main/docs/ran...
In Cloudflare: New source of randomness just dropped

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