LLMs Generate Predictable Passwords
LLMs are bad at generating passwords:
There are strong noticeable patterns among these 50 passwords that can be seen easily:
All of the p... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/llms-generate-predictable-passwords.html
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LLMs Generate Predictable Passwords - Schneier on Security
LLMs are bad at generating passwords: There are strong noticeable patterns among these 50 passwords that can be seen easily: All of the passwords start with a letter, usually uppercase G, almost always followed by the digit 7. Character choices are highly uneven for example, L , 9, m, 2, $ and # appeared in all 50 passwords, but 5 and @ only appeared in one password each, and most of the letters in the alphabet never appeared at all. There are no repeating characters within any password. Probabilistically, this would be very unlikely if the passwords were truly random but Claude preferred to avoid repeating characters, possibly because it “looks like it’s less random”. ...
🎲 Oh, how thrilling! An entire article dedicated to the
#history of random numbers, because what could be more riveting than a saga about
#digits doing... nothing? 🤷♂️ Let’s all pretend we didn’t just waste precious minutes learning about the chaotic lives of numbers that can't even decide what they want to be when they grow up. 🤦♀️
https://crates.io/crates/oorandom#a-brief-history-of-random-numbers #randomnumbers #chaos #intriguing #HackerNews #ngated
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Breaking: Scientists created the world's first completely verifiable random number generator! Finally, a coin flip you can mathematically prove wasn't rigged 🎲
Using quantum entanglement, they achieved 99.7% success in generating truly unpredictable numbers. This could revolutionize online banking and lottery systems.
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/1656252/researchers-create-worlds-first-completely-verifiable-random-number-generator
#QuantumPhysics #Cryptography #RandomNumbers
Researchers Create World's First Completely Verifiable Random Number Generator - Slashdot
Researchers have built a breakthrough random number generator that solves a critical problem: for the first time, every step of creating random numbers can be independently verified and audited, with quantum physics guaranteeing the numbers were truly unpredictable.
Random numbers are essential fo...
🚀 Ah, the noble
#quest #for "perfect" random floating-point numbers, yet somehow it reads like a 16-minute sleep-inducing lullaby about dividing by zero. 🤔 Who knew the real challenge was turning integers into fractions without losing brain cells in the process? 🙃
https://specbranch.com/posts/fp-rand/ #randomNumbers #perfection #floatingPoint #math #humor #HackerNews #ngatedPerfect Random Floating-Point Numbers
When I recently looked at the state of the art in floating point random number generation,
I was surprised to see a common procedure in many programming …
Perfect Random Floating-Point Numbers
When I recently looked at the state of the art in floating point random number generation,
I was surprised to see a common procedure in many programming …
constantly divisionless random numbers – Tony Finch
Learn how to build a fair & efficient Lottery Number Generator in Python! Go beyond basic random number generation & explore advanced techniques for unique number selection, weighted probabilities, and secure random number generation. LotteryNumberGenerator
#PythonCoding #RandomNumbers #AlgorithmDesign #ProgrammingTips #SecureRandomhttps://tech-champion.com/mathematics/secure-lottery-number-generator-in-python-avoiding-duplicate-numbers
The search for the random numbers that run our lives
Our world runs on randomly generated numbers and without them a surprising proportion of modern life would break down. So, why are they so hard to find?
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