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Comment by justsomehnguy

18 hours ago

It's not?

Compare a random data from a pseudo gen, a really random data and some encrypted data. They are all different.

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fc417fc802  10 hours ago

Either you messed up somehow or you've made a massive discovery. I assume it's the former.

BenjiWiebe  16 hours ago

If it's a CSPRNG, and decent encryption, they'll be indistinguishable from random noise.

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