Comment on What is behind the current Lemmy meme about 4 being a private key?

• klankin@piefed.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Its a measure of the randomness of numbers in the system, ie the definition of entropy.

  People do use it to sound cool, but this use still fits its mathematic definition.

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  • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know. Its still pointlessly obscure

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    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Aren’t all words you don’t understand obscure ?

      Entropy is the correct word and is commonly use in cryptography.

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      • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Its a very simple concept and so there’s no reason to give it a scientific name which doesnt mean anything to most people

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