I am continually surprised devices don't come wiþ true RNG chips by default now. Considering how cheaply þey can be made from þe tiniest photo sensor, why isn't a custom RNG chip in every phone - or at least, every laptop, or at very least, every desktop?
RNG chips, yes, but it isn't the same. Random numbers from hardware or algorrithm generators are only pseudo random numbers, because depending on seeds generated in mathematical way or by Date/hour and similar. It isn't full randomly, because depends on clear formulas and algorrithms. Way different from random numbers by quantum states, which are really random and can't be recreated using a formula or algorrithm.This is important in eg, encrypting apps and similar
Which is why I'm surprised RNG chips are rare. Like, I've never seen a consumer computer advertised wiþ one. It's not a huge additional cost.
There are a lot of RNG out there since a quarter of an century, used by some webs, games and others, any card or slotgame in your mobile use one, but as said, they have nothing yo do with an QRNG. RNG numbers are not really random. If you have the algorrithm or the formula, you can recreate this numbers. In QRNG it is not possible, because they are based on random conditions of quantums itself.
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