But who certifies the random numbers, and what can we do with them afterward? When you ask a computer to give you a random number, code behind the scenes is doing an approximation of randomness.

Milikowski never studied 6-digit numbers, but at the end of our conversation, she hypothesizes that, deliberately or no, 2FA codes do include elements that improve their memorability.

The program then translates the measurements into 512 random bits of binary code that can then be parsed by anyone.

Computer scientists have borrowed from the world of geology and crystals to help machines better generate random numbers. Here's how their method works.

According to this post on the official V8 Javascript blog, the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that V8 Javascript uses in Math.random() is horribly flawed and getting replaced with something … ...

It's not the IoT vendors' fault. Lack of a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator subsystem for the internet of things devices will be vulnerable.

Using a single laser, scientists have built a new system that generates random numbers fast and at scale.

Sometimes you need random numbers — and properly random ones, at that. Hackaday Alum [Sean Boyce] whipped up a rig that serves up just that, tasty random bytes delivered fresh over MQTT. [Sea… ...