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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
      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!)

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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
            wrote on last edited by
            #32

            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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                #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
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #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
                        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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                        • 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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                          #39

                          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!

                              "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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                              Alister Morton
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                              A very incomplete list indeed.

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