What I think is really interesting is the question: how do you prove something is random. If you take a chunk of data that uses strong encryption, without headers or other identifiers, it should look like it has a random distribution.
That's one of the reasons for the great concern around the Snowden leaks that implied some manufactures had compromised their hardware AES chips:
What I think is really interesting is the question: how do you prove something is random. If you take a chunk of data that uses strong encryption, without headers or other identifiers, it should look like it has a random distribution.
That's one of the reasons for the great concern around the Snowden leaks that implied some manufactures had compromised their hardware AES chips:
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/04/a-redaction-re-visited-n...