April 2, 2023, 8:18 p.m. | /u/robml

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This is mostly a thought I had, that if one has access to how the random number is generated, they could iterate and brute force easily into any encrypted files one may have including password files and the like.

EDIT: If there are methods to prevent impact from this, how would one go about it?

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