Random vs. Cryptographically random are typically separate

Posted Sep 23, 2015 15:26 UTC (Wed) by apoelstra (subscriber, #75205)
In reply to: Random vs. Cryptographically random are typically separate by dvdeug
Parent article: Python and crypto-strength random numbers by default

> If they don't understand that random.random uses a deterministic RNG, then they probably have a lot of other problems in programming.

CSPRNGs are also deterministic. Determinism is not what burns cryptographically-inexperienced programmers.