What Has A 17th Century French Friar Got To Do With Your Smart Phone Payment?

If you want to try the method defined in the article, click [here].

We increasingly exist in a world where random numbers are generated for our transactions, our network connections, and in our on-line accesses. If there was any weaknesses in the generation of these, we could leave large holes in the Internet. We might even be able to predict the weekly lottery, as here.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE

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Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. EU Citizen. Auld Reekie native. Old World Breaker. New World Creator.

ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

This publication brings together interesting articles related to cyber security.

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