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sold to them by an NSA affiliate

So if you're against quantum RNGs you probably won't be buying anything from ID Quantique[1]. I don't know if they're an NSA affiliate. But they are Swiss, and another Swiss company, Crypto AG,[2] reportedly backdoored their crypto at the behest of the NSA.

I don't share your enthusiasm for shot-noise-based RNGs. There's a lot to go wrong there as well.

[1] http://www.idquantique.com/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG#Back-doored_machines



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