November 7, 2017 at 3:40 pm

The Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet Secure

by twistedsifter

 

At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there’s a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They’re used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here’s how.

For a technical overview of the Entropy Wall click here.

Video by YouTuber Tom Scott

 

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