Why use the C# class System.Random at all instead of System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator?

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Speed and intent. If you’re generating a random number and have no need for security, why use a slow crypto function? You don’t need security, so why make someone else think that the number may be used for something secure when it won’t be?

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