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Security relies on min-entropy, not Shannon entropy. Min-entropy bounds the worst case: the probability of the *most likely* interpretation, not the average.

Since H_min ≤ H_Shannon, proving high Shannon entropy guarantees even the adversary's best guess has astronomically low probability. We're not trusting averages, we're using the average as an upper bound on the maximum.

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Hanshan 1mo ago

oh I see now why you're making the point about minimum entropy

this totally answers my question.

feature not a bug, as you say 🙏

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