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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
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    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
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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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      • 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
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        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!)

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          dandy72
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          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
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            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
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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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                  • 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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                      • S sasadler

                        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
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                          #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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                          • 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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                            Daniel Wilianto
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                            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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                            • C CodeZombie62

                              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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                              Alister Morton
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                              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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                              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

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

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                                Alister Morton
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                                A very incomplete list indeed.

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