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[Natanael_L]

That's also assuming it isn't maliciously correlated to produce an output that after XOR leaks secret entropy.

[merijnv → Natanael_L]

Sure, if you're hardware RNG is inspecting your RAM and trying to compromise your entropy pool that could be done, but:

1 - The entropy mixing is more complex than simply XOR, making such a thing considerably harder

2 - If you expect this level of backdooring from your CPU, you have bigger problems :)