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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Quote:

    zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!

    Look at your keyboard ... Specifically the lowest row of letters ...

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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    Richard Deeming
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    #19

    Waiting for some angry ANSI X4.22-1983[^] fan to point out that their bottom row reads zqjkxbmwv. :-D


    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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    • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

      Waiting for some angry ANSI X4.22-1983[^] fan to point out that their bottom row reads zqjkxbmwv. :-D


      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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      OriginalGriff
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      #20

      Are there any left? I though that war was over ... :sigh:

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        I'm not very impressed with male_names.txt - it's not even close to complete. OriginalGriff isn't even in there!

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        DerekT P
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        Yep, over 3700 female names but less than 1000 male. My (middle-eastern, but pretty common) next-door neighbour's isn't in there, nor the leaders of two countries commonly in the news at the moment, nor the designer of the Eiffel tower, nor even a recent US president. And as for surnames: neither part of my double-barrelled name is there, nor my wife's maiden name, nor my daughter-in-law's maiden name, nor that same ex-president. Someone at MS isn't trying very hard. But at least the film texts includes both aaaaaaaaah and that other classic, aaaaaaaaaa (and they spelt it correctly!)

        Telegraph marker posts ... nothing to do with IT Phasmid email discussion group ... also nothing to do with IT Beekeeping and honey site ... still nothing to do with IT

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        • R raddevus

          I wrote a program that watches the files which are created, updated, deleted, etc on your disk (Read about it here on CP[^]). Wow, that was gratuitous self-promotion and it didn't even feel like it. :laugh: Anyways, I had DiscoFiles running and I noticed that MS Edge directories were accessed. MS Edge Secrets I looked in this MS Edge directory and found its secrets... You can get to it on your system (If you are running Edge) at:

          %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ZxcvbnData\3.0.0.0

          I mean I'm assuming that last directory will be named ZxcvbnData on yours too?? Copy-Paste to your FileExplorer and it'll get you there. You can see that there[^]. It's a list of files named:

          english_wikipedia.txt
          female_names.txt
          male_names.txt
          manifest.fingerprint
          manifest.json
          passwords.txt
          surnames.txt
          us_tv_and_film.txt

          What!?! Well, passwords is a lot of fun. Check it out. FYI - the passwords file is 30,000 lines long (30,000 common / bad passwords)

          sunshine
          iloveyou
          f*ckme // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
          ranger
          hockey
          computer
          starwars
          asshole
          pepper
          klaster
          112233
          zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!
          freedom
          princess
          maggie
          pass
          ginger
          11111111
          131313
          f*ck // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
          love
          cheese
          159753
          summer
          chelsea
          dallas
          biteme
          matrix
          yankees
          6969
          corvette
          austin

          Edit Update Here are the contents of the manifest.json file:

          {
          "description": "zxcvbn data component",
          "name": "zxcvbnData",
          "version": "3.0.0.0"
          }

          I think that pretty much explains it. :~ :rolleyes:

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          maze3
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          #22

          oh no, passwords has mine: geekboy 😥

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          • R raddevus

            I wrote a program that watches the files which are created, updated, deleted, etc on your disk (Read about it here on CP[^]). Wow, that was gratuitous self-promotion and it didn't even feel like it. :laugh: Anyways, I had DiscoFiles running and I noticed that MS Edge directories were accessed. MS Edge Secrets I looked in this MS Edge directory and found its secrets... You can get to it on your system (If you are running Edge) at:

            %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ZxcvbnData\3.0.0.0

            I mean I'm assuming that last directory will be named ZxcvbnData on yours too?? Copy-Paste to your FileExplorer and it'll get you there. You can see that there[^]. It's a list of files named:

            english_wikipedia.txt
            female_names.txt
            male_names.txt
            manifest.fingerprint
            manifest.json
            passwords.txt
            surnames.txt
            us_tv_and_film.txt

            What!?! Well, passwords is a lot of fun. Check it out. FYI - the passwords file is 30,000 lines long (30,000 common / bad passwords)

            sunshine
            iloveyou
            f*ckme // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
            ranger
            hockey
            computer
            starwars
            asshole
            pepper
            klaster
            112233
            zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!
            freedom
            princess
            maggie
            pass
            ginger
            11111111
            131313
            f*ck // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
            love
            cheese
            159753
            summer
            chelsea
            dallas
            biteme
            matrix
            yankees
            6969
            corvette
            austin

            Edit Update Here are the contents of the manifest.json file:

            {
            "description": "zxcvbn data component",
            "name": "zxcvbnData",
            "version": "3.0.0.0"
            }

            I think that pretty much explains it. :~ :rolleyes:

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            jsc42
            wrote on last edited by
            #23

            What is scary is that these are plain text files. Not even a simple attempt to obfuscate them. If my PC is confiscated and the Police search it for naughty words, they will find them in that directory. What is a relief is that none of my passwords are in the list. Sadly, I'm more common than I thought. Both my forenames are in the top 100 male names and my surname just misses out of its top 100 list. How soon will it be before these name lists are used as the dictionaries for a bad version of Wordle?

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            • R raddevus

              Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

              As a note to the newbs, passwords in OpenVMS (and other proper operating systems) are not case-sensitive

              Did not know. I'm a newb.

              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

              not all terminals support lower-case.

              Sounds like an Apple ][ :-D

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              CodeZombie62
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              #24

              I seem to recall using some Hazeltine terminals that didn’t have lowercase back in the early 80’s in college.

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              • R raddevus

                OriginalGriff wrote:

                Look at your keyboard ... Specifically the lowest row of letters ...

                I am lame for not noticing. I'm a touch-typist too. Should'a known. <forehad slap> :rolleyes:

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                BryanFazekas
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                #25

                Actually, being a touch-typist means you're LESS likely to notice. I type moderately fast (60-80 wpm), but if you ask me where a given key is located, I have to think about it. I've been typing long enough that my fingers do what is necessary without conscious thought.

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                • M maze3

                  oh no, passwords has mine: geekboy 😥

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                  raddevus
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #26

                  I saw geekboy in the passwords file too. :-D

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                  • B BryanFazekas

                    Actually, being a touch-typist means you're LESS likely to notice. I type moderately fast (60-80 wpm), but if you ask me where a given key is located, I have to think about it. I've been typing long enough that my fingers do what is necessary without conscious thought.

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                    raddevus
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #27

                    BryanFazekas wrote:

                    being a touch-typist means you're LESS likely to notice.

                    Yeah, I think you are right about that. I've been touch-typing for over 30 years (learned by playing WizType (Wizard of Id) on a Commodore 128). Amazing, you can actually play the game on Archive.org right in your browser.[^] I just tried it. :) Anyways, you are right. I just type, I don't know where the keys are. :laugh:

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                    • R raddevus

                      I wrote a program that watches the files which are created, updated, deleted, etc on your disk (Read about it here on CP[^]). Wow, that was gratuitous self-promotion and it didn't even feel like it. :laugh: Anyways, I had DiscoFiles running and I noticed that MS Edge directories were accessed. MS Edge Secrets I looked in this MS Edge directory and found its secrets... You can get to it on your system (If you are running Edge) at:

                      %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ZxcvbnData\3.0.0.0

                      I mean I'm assuming that last directory will be named ZxcvbnData on yours too?? Copy-Paste to your FileExplorer and it'll get you there. You can see that there[^]. It's a list of files named:

                      english_wikipedia.txt
                      female_names.txt
                      male_names.txt
                      manifest.fingerprint
                      manifest.json
                      passwords.txt
                      surnames.txt
                      us_tv_and_film.txt

                      What!?! Well, passwords is a lot of fun. Check it out. FYI - the passwords file is 30,000 lines long (30,000 common / bad passwords)

                      sunshine
                      iloveyou
                      f*ckme // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                      ranger
                      hockey
                      computer
                      starwars
                      asshole
                      pepper
                      klaster
                      112233
                      zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!
                      freedom
                      princess
                      maggie
                      pass
                      ginger
                      11111111
                      131313
                      f*ck // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                      love
                      cheese
                      159753
                      summer
                      chelsea
                      dallas
                      biteme
                      matrix
                      yankees
                      6969
                      corvette
                      austin

                      Edit Update Here are the contents of the manifest.json file:

                      {
                      "description": "zxcvbn data component",
                      "name": "zxcvbnData",
                      "version": "3.0.0.0"
                      }

                      I think that pretty much explains it. :~ :rolleyes:

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                      Indivara
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #28

                      Its from this [GitHub - dropbox/zxcvbn: Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation](https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn) Apparently Edge (or MS in general) uses it

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                      • I Indivara

                        Its from this [GitHub - dropbox/zxcvbn: Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation](https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn) Apparently Edge (or MS in general) uses it

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                        raddevus
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #29

                        Thanks for posting that. I was curious about where it came from. :thumbsup:

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                        • D DerekT P

                          Yep, over 3700 female names but less than 1000 male. My (middle-eastern, but pretty common) next-door neighbour's isn't in there, nor the leaders of two countries commonly in the news at the moment, nor the designer of the Eiffel tower, nor even a recent US president. And as for surnames: neither part of my double-barrelled name is there, nor my wife's maiden name, nor my daughter-in-law's maiden name, nor that same ex-president. Someone at MS isn't trying very hard. But at least the film texts includes both aaaaaaaaah and that other classic, aaaaaaaaaa (and they spelt it correctly!)

                          Telegraph marker posts ... nothing to do with IT Phasmid email discussion group ... also nothing to do with IT Beekeeping and honey site ... still nothing to do with IT

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                          dandy72
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                          #30

                          Clearly it's not meant to be a very exhaustive list, which leads me to ask...what is this intended to be used for anyway?

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                          • B BryanFazekas

                            Actually, being a touch-typist means you're LESS likely to notice. I type moderately fast (60-80 wpm), but if you ask me where a given key is located, I have to think about it. I've been typing long enough that my fingers do what is necessary without conscious thought.

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                            James Curran
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #31

                            But a regular PC user should recognize Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste.

                            Truth, James

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                            • B BryanFazekas

                              Actually, being a touch-typist means you're LESS likely to notice. I type moderately fast (60-80 wpm), but if you ask me where a given key is located, I have to think about it. I've been typing long enough that my fingers do what is necessary without conscious thought.

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                              sasadler
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                              Yep, kind of why I think lighted keyboards are pretty useless for me.

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                              • R raddevus

                                I wrote a program that watches the files which are created, updated, deleted, etc on your disk (Read about it here on CP[^]). Wow, that was gratuitous self-promotion and it didn't even feel like it. :laugh: Anyways, I had DiscoFiles running and I noticed that MS Edge directories were accessed. MS Edge Secrets I looked in this MS Edge directory and found its secrets... You can get to it on your system (If you are running Edge) at:

                                %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ZxcvbnData\3.0.0.0

                                I mean I'm assuming that last directory will be named ZxcvbnData on yours too?? Copy-Paste to your FileExplorer and it'll get you there. You can see that there[^]. It's a list of files named:

                                english_wikipedia.txt
                                female_names.txt
                                male_names.txt
                                manifest.fingerprint
                                manifest.json
                                passwords.txt
                                surnames.txt
                                us_tv_and_film.txt

                                What!?! Well, passwords is a lot of fun. Check it out. FYI - the passwords file is 30,000 lines long (30,000 common / bad passwords)

                                sunshine
                                iloveyou
                                f*ckme // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                                ranger
                                hockey
                                computer
                                starwars
                                asshole
                                pepper
                                klaster
                                112233
                                zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!
                                freedom
                                princess
                                maggie
                                pass
                                ginger
                                11111111
                                131313
                                f*ck // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                                love
                                cheese
                                159753
                                summer
                                chelsea
                                dallas
                                biteme
                                matrix
                                yankees
                                6969
                                corvette
                                austin

                                Edit Update Here are the contents of the manifest.json file:

                                {
                                "description": "zxcvbn data component",
                                "name": "zxcvbnData",
                                "version": "3.0.0.0"
                                }

                                I think that pretty much explains it. :~ :rolleyes:

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                                sasadler
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                                #33

                                I only use Edge on one website. For some reason I can't sign into the website without using Edge, both Vivaldi and Firefox don't work on that particular site.

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                                • S sasadler

                                  I only use Edge on one website. For some reason I can't sign into the website without using Edge, both Vivaldi and Firefox don't work on that particular site.

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                                  raddevus
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #34

                                  sasadler wrote:

                                  I only use Edge on one website.

                                  I have a healthcare site that will not work on FireFox. When I attempt to login, it tells me that the ID doesn't exist. But that isn't true, of course. It's very odd that it tells me a totally incorrect error and doesn't just fail some other way. I use Brave (chrome-based) and then the site works perfectly fine. Edge is chrome-based also.

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                                  • R raddevus

                                    I wrote a program that watches the files which are created, updated, deleted, etc on your disk (Read about it here on CP[^]). Wow, that was gratuitous self-promotion and it didn't even feel like it. :laugh: Anyways, I had DiscoFiles running and I noticed that MS Edge directories were accessed. MS Edge Secrets I looked in this MS Edge directory and found its secrets... You can get to it on your system (If you are running Edge) at:

                                    %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ZxcvbnData\3.0.0.0

                                    I mean I'm assuming that last directory will be named ZxcvbnData on yours too?? Copy-Paste to your FileExplorer and it'll get you there. You can see that there[^]. It's a list of files named:

                                    english_wikipedia.txt
                                    female_names.txt
                                    male_names.txt
                                    manifest.fingerprint
                                    manifest.json
                                    passwords.txt
                                    surnames.txt
                                    us_tv_and_film.txt

                                    What!?! Well, passwords is a lot of fun. Check it out. FYI - the passwords file is 30,000 lines long (30,000 common / bad passwords)

                                    sunshine
                                    iloveyou
                                    f*ckme // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                                    ranger
                                    hockey
                                    computer
                                    starwars
                                    asshole
                                    pepper
                                    klaster
                                    112233
                                    zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!
                                    freedom
                                    princess
                                    maggie
                                    pass
                                    ginger
                                    11111111
                                    131313
                                    f*ck // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                                    love
                                    cheese
                                    159753
                                    summer
                                    chelsea
                                    dallas
                                    biteme
                                    matrix
                                    yankees
                                    6969
                                    corvette
                                    austin

                                    Edit Update Here are the contents of the manifest.json file:

                                    {
                                    "description": "zxcvbn data component",
                                    "name": "zxcvbnData",
                                    "version": "3.0.0.0"
                                    }

                                    I think that pretty much explains it. :~ :rolleyes:

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                                    jurluk
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                                    #35

                                    Nothing particularly secret there. Just one google search away: https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn

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                                    • R raddevus

                                      sasadler wrote:

                                      I only use Edge on one website.

                                      I have a healthcare site that will not work on FireFox. When I attempt to login, it tells me that the ID doesn't exist. But that isn't true, of course. It's very odd that it tells me a totally incorrect error and doesn't just fail some other way. I use Brave (chrome-based) and then the site works perfectly fine. Edge is chrome-based also.

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                                      sasadler
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                                      #36

                                      Vivaldi is based on chrome too but it doesn't work.

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                                        Vivaldi is based on chrome too but it doesn't work.

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                                        raddevus
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #37

                                        sasadler wrote:

                                        Vivaldi is based on chrome too but it doesn't work

                                        Interesting. I wonder what it is on these browser that fails.

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                                        • R raddevus

                                          I wrote a program that watches the files which are created, updated, deleted, etc on your disk (Read about it here on CP[^]). Wow, that was gratuitous self-promotion and it didn't even feel like it. :laugh: Anyways, I had DiscoFiles running and I noticed that MS Edge directories were accessed. MS Edge Secrets I looked in this MS Edge directory and found its secrets... You can get to it on your system (If you are running Edge) at:

                                          %localappdata%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\ZxcvbnData\3.0.0.0

                                          I mean I'm assuming that last directory will be named ZxcvbnData on yours too?? Copy-Paste to your FileExplorer and it'll get you there. You can see that there[^]. It's a list of files named:

                                          english_wikipedia.txt
                                          female_names.txt
                                          male_names.txt
                                          manifest.fingerprint
                                          manifest.json
                                          passwords.txt
                                          surnames.txt
                                          us_tv_and_film.txt

                                          What!?! Well, passwords is a lot of fun. Check it out. FYI - the passwords file is 30,000 lines long (30,000 common / bad passwords)

                                          sunshine
                                          iloveyou
                                          f*ckme // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                                          ranger
                                          hockey
                                          computer
                                          starwars
                                          asshole
                                          pepper
                                          klaster
                                          112233
                                          zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!
                                          freedom
                                          princess
                                          maggie
                                          pass
                                          ginger
                                          11111111
                                          131313
                                          f*ck // my alteration to protect any kid sisters who are reading
                                          love
                                          cheese
                                          159753
                                          summer
                                          chelsea
                                          dallas
                                          biteme
                                          matrix
                                          yankees
                                          6969
                                          corvette
                                          austin

                                          Edit Update Here are the contents of the manifest.json file:

                                          {
                                          "description": "zxcvbn data component",
                                          "name": "zxcvbnData",
                                          "version": "3.0.0.0"
                                          }

                                          I think that pretty much explains it. :~ :rolleyes:

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                                          Nelek
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #38

                                          raddevus wrote:

                                          zxcvbn // why are these letters so common?? !!

                                          Qwerty was already taken... so they just went two rows below.... :rolleyes:

                                          M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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