Java Snippet - Using SecureRandom
A better random number generator ```java
import java.security.SecureRandom; ... public static SecureRandom random = null; static { try { random = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG"); random.setSeed( random.generateSeed(256) ); } catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); } }
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