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Not quite "all prng applications."

As TapamN points out it is not cryptographically secure and can be broken. https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02700791/

But it's probably fine for non-crytographic uses (and indeed is widely used for such).

[parent comment has now added "non-crypto" to the original quote so that "all prng applications" is now moot]



Usually people say CSPRNG if its secure for crypto applications. Just saying PRNG kind of implies its not cryptographically secure


Fair enough.




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