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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!)

      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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      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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          #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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              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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                        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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                          #40

                          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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