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The generation of random or pseudorandom data, and the use of randomness in security protocols

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Can the xor of two RNG outputs ever be less secure than one of them?

Not if you do it right, you need to make sure one RNG does not know anything about the other. That is the main point. Even if you roll your own RNG and do a horrible job you could not weaken an exist …
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A "hardware" random number generator for mobile phone

I think that depending on how you are mixing before you output the noise to the speaker you will be begging for audio feedback, which will ramp up to output a constant hum, and will not be very random
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