Cloudflare, a tech company that provides a content delivery network, DDoS mitigation, Internet security services, and distributed domain name server services, has to take encryption seriously. And I mean seriously.
Randomness is essential to encryption because it can’t be predicted and replicated. Encryption relies on random number generators to create true, random data. However, computers are designed to be predictable. Can you imagine what would happen if every click of your mouse resulted in a random action?
Enter the wall of lava lamps in Cloudflare’s San Francisco office.