The question is still relevant. Manufacturers talk about erase cycles, but are there any massive-scale studies done by a third part on SSD failure modes?
Actually yes, I would like it to design an inexpensive jet pack for me, that would be awesome.
Not necessarily, because to get a decent quality unbiased random stream of bits from a simple thermal noise circuit you have to massage it quite a bit. And it may very well be sensitive to external stimuli. For example, a hacker without full access to the device could still run up the CPU and GPU to max load just before you're supposed to generate your secret key, to control the zener temperature.
Not saying it isn't better, but that "it's complicated".
It is my understanding from reading the paper from the security researchers that SecureRandom() is also perfectly fine as long as the implementation does what it's supposed to. In this case, the implementation was buggy, so instead of 256 bits of state they got 56 bits, or something similar. Bits were discarded that shouldn't be.
No, they are also afraid of us getting a less diverse Internet experience.
The only time I want your "internet" to differ from mine is when I actively log in.
So what's in there which isn't in Ubuntu?
Judging the book by the cover, it looks like someone thought this new cool programming language of the week was the most awesome ever, wrote a few wrappers to some applications, and released it as a new distro.
From their FAQ:
Does it make me surf the net anonymously?
No, this browser is just to circumvent censorship, to remove limits on accessing sites governments don't want you to know about.
Further, what percentage of these machines are running pirated copies of WinXP? I know in Latin and South America, they're almost all pirated. How is it in China?
Well.. I don't think you need to be a rocket surgeon to guess that number correctly.
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