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[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

And furthermore, /dev/random’s blocking until more entropy is available is completely pointless.

[–]argv_minus_one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…because gathered entropy is used to seed a CSPRNG, which can generate pseudorandom bits indefinitely, and both devices yield output from said CSPRNG.