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The key is the weakness

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Thursday, 11 May 2017, at 3:55 p.m.

In Response To: Right but... (niuniuch)

If you know your own 4 digits of the seed, you only need to figure out an additional 10 digits information (opponent's 4-digit seed + app's 6-digit offset) to discover the state of the RNG. Each roll reveals about 1.556 digits of information (assuming 2-1 is displayed differently than 1-2).

So a player who somehow has access to a computer as he is playing could potentially know the remaining rolls after seeing just the first 7.

(BTW, I'm not criticizing the app. I think it's great. Just pointing out that even with electronic dice there are theoretical weaknesses.)

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