Do you use MS Edge? I found it's secrets
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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.txtWhat!?! 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
austinEdit 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:
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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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
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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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:
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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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.
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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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.txtWhat!?! 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
austinEdit 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:
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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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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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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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.
But a regular PC user should recognize Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste.
Truth, James
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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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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.txtWhat!?! 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
austinEdit 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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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.
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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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.txtWhat!?! 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
austinEdit 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:
Nothing particularly secret there. Just one google search away: https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn
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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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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.txtWhat!?! 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
austinEdit 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:
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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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.txtWhat!?! 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
austinEdit 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:
Are they using those to warn user when they picked a common password which is among those 30k? The real question is, why aren't those common password saved in a condition which is sorted alphabetically? What a waste of computing resource.
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I seem to recall using some Hazeltine terminals that didn’t have lowercase back in the early 80’s in college.
The (mechanical) teletype terminals I used at school in the 70s only had upper case. The delete character was shifted O and it was a standing joke to say "Oh-shift ;I've mistyped!"
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I'm not very impressed with
male_names.txt- it's not even close to complete.OriginalGriffisn'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!
A very incomplete list indeed.
