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Author Topic: 2013-12-10 We cannot trust Intel and Via’s chip-based crypto says FreeBSD devs  (Read 703 times)
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December 10, 2013, 04:28:50 PM
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http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/we-cannot-trust-intel-and-vias-chip-based-crypto-freebsd-developers-say/

No idea if this relates to Bitcoin or not, but it sounds like it could...
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December 10, 2013, 04:55:03 PM
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Glad you posted this - you are right, it could impact bitcoin if the RNGs were compromised in some way.  It is too bad that Intel etc could have been compromised and no longer provide what they claim to provide - something random. 

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December 11, 2013, 01:21:52 AM
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could this be the key to how the government "confiscates" bitcoins.  Perhaps they didn't have to bargain with Ross (or torture) to get silkroad monies.
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December 11, 2013, 01:49:41 AM
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Of course with a brain wallet the random number generator is not an issue. Proper randomness of the phrases is a different, and difficult issue.  So, I wonder if he used a brain wallet or what.  Or whether he had paper wallets or just an encrypted wallet.

Perhaps we'll find out eventually.
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