As far as data encryption goes, you wouldn't expect a bunch of lights to help secure anything — certainly not some '70s-style lava lamps. But as it turns out, the exact opposite is true. Cloudflare, ...

Most people have probably never been to Cloudflare's San Francisco office, but those who have been there would have noticed a large wall of lava lamps in the lobby. It is hard to miss—after all, it is ...

So it turns out that 10% of all the traffic on the internet is encrypted with the help of Lava Lamps. That’s awesome, right? I love Lava Lamps and used to own a half dozen of them, but who knew they ...

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When you walk into the San Francisco office of the cloud network and security firm Cloudflare, you’re greeted by a receptionist–and a giant wall of 100 lava lamps. It isn’t just a throwback to the ...

Cloudflare is using a wall of lava lamps in its San Francisco office as a random-number generator, which is essential to secure encryption. Groovy. Encryption requires random numbers to work, and ...

Computers are supposed to be predictable. In 99.9 percent of cases, that’s exactly what we want from them. The exception to that rule? When we’re trying to get a computer to generate a truly random ...

Lava lamps may be fun reminders of the 1970s, but these days, some are being used to help keep data secure. Nick Sullivan with a tech firm called Cloudflare shows a wall of lava lamps that are part ...

What do lava lamps have to do with data security? The answer's pretty random. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Facebook's latest hack has many asking if there are better ways to protect information. It may be ...

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The web performance and security company, Cloudflare has shared one of the methods it uses to ensure randomness when generating encryption keys. Rhett Jones reporting in Gizmodo: “Cloudflare provides ...