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justsomehnguy 80 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Your hex editor should color-code bytes

It's not?

Compare a random data from a pseudo gen, a really random data and some encrypted data. They are all different.

fc417fc802 80 days ago | [–]

Either you messed up somehow or you've made a massive discovery. I assume it's the former.

BenjiWiebe 80 days ago | [–]

If it's a CSPRNG, and decent encryption, they'll be indistinguishable from random noise.

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