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		rurban on Sept 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak But with random seeds not

p410n3 on Sept 30, 2020 [–]

What you are referring too is a salt

rurban on Oct 1, 2020 | [–]

Nope. A salt is something different. It is persistent and part of the hash result. A seed is not persistent and not part of the result. ie. it can be generated on T2 power-on.

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