Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense. I think this quote threw me off:
> The academics’ latest work hurdles those restrictions allowing the use of sequences that are only weakly random
What does "weakly random" mean, if not a PRNG? Just low pure entropy per bit of sequence data? What's the threshold then between strong random and weak random -- wouldn't it be a continuum of entropy?
Minor nitpick: Also, how can a deterministic PRNG have less entropy (0) than that of its seed?
> The academics’ latest work hurdles those restrictions allowing the use of sequences that are only weakly random
What does "weakly random" mean, if not a PRNG? Just low pure entropy per bit of sequence data? What's the threshold then between strong random and weak random -- wouldn't it be a continuum of entropy?
Minor nitpick: Also, how can a deterministic PRNG have less entropy (0) than that of its seed?