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(00:00):
Lead story.
For Thursday, July 31, Google is now indexing
publicly
shared chat g p t conversations,
potentially exposing sensitive business information, strategies, and personal
details.
Marketers and business should audit
their shared content, educate teams about AI privacy,

(00:22):
and take precautions to prevent data leaks.
Or
is this more of a marketing opportunity?
Welcome to episode 1,837.
I'm your host,
Todd Cochran. Well,
this story started out really monumental,

(00:45):
this afternoon.
And I alluded
to the social followers that I would have
something big
and it's still big
but not as big. And let me explain.
So Google is
indexing
shared,
search results.

(01:07):
Now
you can, use the term
site, semicolon,
chat gb
chatgbt.com
forward slash share plus a keyword.
Now
there was an option
yesterday
or or earlier today

(01:29):
that when you click shared, it said make
this
link indexable by Google.
And
in the very initial
thoughts, most of you like, oh my god.
Anything I share with a coworker
is now
public.
Well, yeah, if you turn that on.

(01:51):
If you didn't turn that on, the link
that you had was still if it was
ever exposed,
would still be
indexable,
I'm assuming.
Now soon as this story broke
and people started to
kind of understand some of the implications,

(02:14):
Chad GP turned it off, and I was
like,
shit.
And that was literally fifteen minutes ago as
I was prepping to do this show.
Now I want you to think just a
little bit
about a conversation
that you could have with ChatGPT
that might go

(02:34):
something
like this.
Here's here's a chat query I wrote for
ChatGPT.
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a detailed

(03:16):
marketing document on why consumers should use
a promo code from Geek News Central. So
that was the query.
Okay. So
now
let me
take this the next step.
So it created me a marketing

(03:37):
document,
which
okay. It's a marketing
document,
and it's pretty extensive.
I could've just cut and paste this
into,
Geek News Central and and
wrote a blog post about it. And it

(03:58):
was pretty extensive here. Right?
So for those of you watching, you can
see,
giving references
and everything.
So now let's take this and think about
the
potential.
The potential,
in my opinion,

(04:19):
could have been to
be able to send
and give
new Google search engine
signals
by writing queries
that
excluded
competitors,

(04:39):
all kinds of
data,
that you could
force into the conversation
by steering
the chat.
My
my idea,
and I wasn't the only one because there
was a discussion that was going on

(05:01):
with a team that I work with,
is that that type of query
could have
resulted
in
some gains in SEO,
and it could have been used as an
SEO manipulation tool. Now

(05:22):
I'm sure Google thought about this when it
started indexing these pages.
They were coming up. I was doing searches,
primarily did searches for blueberry initially to make
sure none of our stuff that we have
shared,
which we did not turn on
the
the

(05:43):
index piece with.
But there was some very big potential there.
Right?
So now
it really doesn't change things completely
because you can still surface
these,

(06:04):
these ChatGPT
sessions,
by posting a link to them in social
or
on
your web page.
So there is the potential
to still have re re

(06:26):
supporting content
to help in marketing. Now
that's my contention.
It could,
and it potentially should.
So, again, it all depends
on how you wrote the query. And I've
I've wrote in a couple
of these for Geek and Essential and played

(06:48):
around
with it,
and really steered
the messaging.
And what I will do
is I'm going to link
several of these
in the,
in some blog posts going forward.
It's a legitimate link with information,

(07:12):
and see how it does and see how
Google
reacts to
those links.
So, you know, I I thought the bigger
deal
was
silently
allowing Google to index
and and pick up on this information
versus just

(07:32):
sharing.
So
valuable?
Maybe.
So
what say you? What do you think?
You think this is the case?
You think this is a

(07:53):
legitimate
hack?
I'm curious. I'd love to hear from you.
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episode 1,837.
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(10:22):
podcast. Got a great I mean, it's a
really good lineup
of content tonight.
Really starting off with a article saying that
Google must open the Play Store to Epic
Games and others after appeal loss.
So Google has failed this attempt to appeal
a ruling from Epic versus Google.
The tech giant will have to follow remedies

(10:43):
from the original case, which include allowing third
party app stores to be downloaded from the
Play Store.
And CEO Tim Sweeney has confirmed the Epic
Games Store will now come
to Play Store, so be on the lookout,
for that. And again, after losing its appeal,
the judges order Google now have to overhaul
its app store policies.

(11:04):
This includes letting third party apps, Third third
party app stores onto
its, its platform. So a big big
big big win for,
for Epic and others in this in this
situation.
So,
strikes keep coming.
TikTok is introducing parental controls,

(11:27):
fact checking in AI moderation
features. Now this is curious. A they're doing
fact checking?
So I wonder if they're gonna put some
sort of warning.
Family pairing, a feature allows parents to monitor
teens' TikTok accounts, will notify parents when their
teens upload videos, stories, or photos.
It'll also let parents know which features topics

(11:49):
their teens have chosen to fill their feeds.
Creators will have some new tools to take
advantage of TikTok as Induced AI to help
moderate their comment section.
So helping to curate
messages.
Let's just talk about fact checking here.

(12:10):
Not too much on the fact checking piece.
Now I will warn you.
I don't think
the president is gonna extend
the September 29 deadline.
I don't think he will.
Based on how the trade talks are going,
I just don't think
he will.
Unless some deal is is made with China,

(12:33):
I I would suspect it'll go dark again.
So,
be prepared and a lot of experts are
saying that,
as well out there. So,
just remember, we may not get another extension.
Meanwhile, YouTube is loosening profanity rules for monetized
videos.
In November 2022, YouTube changes rules so the

(12:55):
operators who use swear words in the first
eight to fifteen seconds would potentially be ineligible
for any ad revenue.
After much backlash, the company changes rules in
2023
so that such videos would be eligible for
limited ad revenue unless they used
profanity in the majority
of the video. Now according to the latest

(13:16):
changes,
YouTube's head of monetization,
Conor Kavanaugh, said in a video late on
Thursday that the change of two years ago
were made to align with YouTube videos with
broadcast standards.
You know, he
they said we introduced this guideline to long
align with broadcast standards. Advertiser expected ads on
YouTube to have some distance
between profanity.

(13:37):
Those expectations change and advertise already have the
ability to target content to their desired level
of profanity.
So I guess you'll be able to swear
but, the advertisers still can set
the level. So I would be very, very
careful
if you are monetized on YouTube and swearing
upfront
for sure.

(13:58):
Random employee searches are going to resume at
NASA headquarters and there's a curiosity about this
and some some folks on NASA Watch are
saying, well, this is because they just shown
4,000 people the door,
but they
voluntarily
are leaving
NASA. So

(14:19):
it's not a forced riff.
So why would the
risk be higher for someone coming in and
doing some sort of an effect,
doing some sort of mass event?
So,
what they're gonna do is, you know, all
military bases, honestly,
you're subject to a random inspection

(14:43):
going through the door, a dog
and and or,
personnel search.
So,
Michigan,
when you go to a reserve base, if
you're concealed carry, as long as you declare
the gun at the gate,
you can go on base with your
concealed carry,

(15:04):
but no drugs and you have any weed
in your car then, you know, you're gonna
be susceptible
to
a federal situation if a dog
finds any weed in your vehicle. So just
be aware,
that going into facilities,
any government,
federal,
you you're subject to,

(15:24):
subject to search.
So just, you know, to don't forget to
take the vape
out of your pocket before you go to
court or you go to a federal, building,
for sure, especially if it's one of those
special vapes.
Minnesota government calls in the cyber troops after
Saint Paul cyber attack.

(15:46):
The government called in the cyber,
cyber forces from the armed forces
because
the folks in, Saint Paul, mini Minnesota have
been overwhelmed,
and,
their systems are largely offline and they're using
the military to help them,

(16:06):
get back online.
The current administration is officially floating a pan
a plan for Americans to share their medical
data more freely. When I read this, I
was a little like,
I don't know about that.
And, you know, considering how hackers are these
days and how much
how many data breaches there have been, We've

(16:27):
already proven that health care systems are not
capable of keeping our data private.
But in a press release announced by,
the US Health and Human Services secretary,
playing bureaucrats and interested interests have for decades
blocked asset access to medical data.
For now,

(16:47):
the
Center for Medical and Medicaid Services is still
in a recent in in early stages,
but the long term goal is to enable
a range of apps to allow individual patients
more control over who can access their medical
data
and when.
The apps are broadly divided in categories, including
conversational
AI assistance, kill the kid board apps, or

(17:10):
letting paper forms and apps for managing obesity
and diabetes.
So companies said to have signed up are
include medical record giants.
So, you know, it'd be nice. When I
left the military, my medical records are on
I have a bag and it's about well,
I have two medical records that are about
that thick

(17:30):
and I have
AllScan
and then I have
all my
all my,
images from my surgery.
You know, crazy amount of stuff that I
have physical
custody of because once it get into the

(17:51):
the military
medical system, it's just almost impossible to get
it out
including the VA.
So it'd be nice to have a place
where I could safely store all that information,
or available to a provider
without having to go through 25 layers
of information every time you

(18:14):
switch doctors, which in my case, I get
a new doctor quite often every two or
three years,
just the way the VA works.
So we'll see how this proceeds.
Samsung profit more than halves, missing expectations, the
chip business plunges 94%.
So this is the reason why Samsung is

(18:34):
so happy about this that Tesla deal we
talked about.
Samsung posted a quarter revenue of 74,600,000,000,000.0
Korean won,
up slightly, but its second quarter operating profit
came to 4,700,000,000,000.0
won, plunging from 10.44.
Noblesse
devices solutions division recorded a 93.8%

(18:55):
drop
in operating profit over the last year and
that would be,
their chip division. So,
earnings reports a little better on The US
side, but,
definitely,
like, Korean getting Korean
Korean based Samsung is getting hit there.
US senators are introducing a new pirate site
blocking bill

(19:16):
After decades decade focus on efforts overseas, the
push for website blocking has landed back on
American shores. This week, a similar proposal,
to representative
Zoe Logfirgins
introduced a new pirate site blocking bill.
This is called Black Beard.
The site blocking proposal seeks to amend US

(19:38):
copyright laws enabling right holders to request federal
courts to designate online locations
as a foreign digital piracy site.
If that succeeds, courts can subsequently
order US certified or US service providers to
block access,
to these sites. And I'm sure IPTV
and other services are probably

(20:00):
part of
the
target on this.
You know, I've got an article here a
little bit later talking about a paid streaming
services for local channels, which is
ridiculously
expensive, but yet, you know,
here I can watch local news.
I can watch local news from Michigan

(20:20):
in The Philippines
with no problem.
Again, my IPTV
has 5,000
channels
And I basically can watch any service anywhere
in the world. And I'm sure that this,
these types of services is what they're targeting
here.
And I know that these types of services

(20:42):
are obviously available,
in The US as well,
under the cover of darkness and, and you
know, people are paying via $5 a month
or $10 a month for,
you know, the similar type of service with
IPTV.
So maybe the days are numbered but, you

(21:02):
know, if what's gonna happen then is people
just use VPNs.
You know, it's really not gonna be effective.
They have jurisdiction in The United States but
the VPN will route around
any of these blocks. So,
you know,
hard to put the genie back
in the bottle for sure. Amazon Yanks,

(21:25):
Cengel
Cengelb
Alexis skills.
I'm not familiar with Cengelb, but Cengelb is
light bulbs that are controlled
directly with ZigBee or Bluetooth connectivity.
They oh, they can still be controlled via

(21:48):
other functions, but apparently they've had so much
trouble. Amazon has pulled
the plug on them.
Apple, of course, has slammed the DOJ lawsuit
and threatens the very principle that set the
iPhone apart. You know, we know that the
DOJ formally sued Apple in March 2024.
And Apple Apple is now finally voices opposition

(22:09):
to the case and coming out with its
filing,
out he has they have six different outline
six different ever six
different arguments,
to the lawsuit.
And,
they're seeking, you know, some remedy here. So
we'll see what happens with this. But

(22:32):
this is a introductory statement to the Apple's
answers, I guess, is what they call this.
This isn't a
I'm looking at this a little bit deeper.
Yeah.
Apple's full filing walks through intricates of each
topics and highlight where it thinks the DOJ
is misguided.

(22:53):
So, they got some good arguments here. Link
will be up in the show notes for
you to review.
Yes. Speaking of the really great deal,
the really great deal for
being able to stream local channels. And this
is this is such
such,
such cocka.
DIRECTV

(23:13):
quietly builds the cheapest streamer for local channels.
Okay. So DIRECTV
has leaned into
stream more streaming than satellite TV of late.
They're now offering a
$40
a month bundle.
$40
with all four major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS,

(23:36):
Fox, and NBC
in five US markets.
It offers three of the big four networks
and more than a dozen dozen additional
US markets.
$40?
Like I said,
all this is available
on IPTV for $5 a month.

(23:57):
$40 a month? 40?
For local stuff that's being streamed over the
air?
40?
You've got to be kidding.
40?
That's
a how can you justify that?
Are you that much of a news nerd?

(24:20):
$40.
You know, where I live, I can't pick
up a signal.
You know, one of those new signals they
have. I I don't I get no public
channels
no matter what I do.
And,
I still wouldn't pay 40.
I wouldn't.
Half their shorts and stuff that you need
to watch are available on YouTube as well.

(24:41):
Spotify introduces face scanning age checks for UK
users as some furious fans threatened to return
to piracy.
So
we knew this wouldn't affect.
Spotify has implemented their fix,
and,
they're they're complying with The UK's online safety
act.
A return to piracy? I yeah. Maybe. But

(25:04):
what music are they really being limited to?
That will be a question.
So
what what are they actually limiting
on the music channel?

(25:25):
Yeah. Again, I don't know what they're what
they're being limited to. It's just more for
safety, I think.
Chinese researchers suggesting lasers and sabotage to counter
Musk's Starlink satellites.
You think they're friends of ours?
Chinese military and cyber researchers are intensifying efforts
to counter Elon Musk's Starlight satellite network,

(25:46):
viewing it as a potential tool for US
military power across nuclear space and cyber domains,
stealth submarines fitted with space shooting lasers, supply
chain sabotage, and custom built attack satellites
armed with ion thrusters. Did you hear that?
Supply chain sabotage?
These are some of the strategies Chinese cities

(26:06):
have been developing to counter what Beijing sees
as a potent
threat.
These are just some listen. Listen. Listen.
Of the strategies,
Chinese scientists have been developing
the counter.
So developing and deploying are pretty close in
two words.

(26:27):
So,
we can't be getting in the business
of shooting satellites. We really can't.
We've already seen
what, what the results
of that is for sure.
Apple has beat quarter three expectations
on strong
iPhone sales. So,

(26:49):
what was the number
here? For the third quarter, Apple saw earnings
of $1.57
on revenue of on EPS of 1 a
dollar 57
and 94,000,000,000.
Wall Street anticipate EPS a dollar 43 and
revenue of 89.2.
The company saw EPS a dollar 40 and
revenue 85.7

(27:09):
the same quarter last year.
So Apple's China sales hit 15,300,000,000.0.
Wall Street was expecting 15.1.
So they've done well in the past quarter
and the stockholders
rejoice.
Google Chrome is testing a way to stop
you from accidentally bailing on your page. This
happens to me in the mobile device a

(27:29):
lot.
And if you ever accidentally left a page
on in Chrome, Google's cooking up a fix.
Now you can restore easily
in a browser,
but it's not as easy on
your mobile device.
And then they're working on a new swipe
that feels a lot like iOS that lets
you swipe back to get a quick look

(27:50):
at the last page,
making it easier to avoid going back by
accident. So, this will be kind of welcome
for Android. That's the thing I probably have
the biggest
issue with on the Chrome.
The Galaxy z Fold seven breaks records for
highest number of Fold preorders,
a more 25%
increase in total preorders compared with last year.

(28:10):
Maybe what's going on here
is people are getting more comfortable with these
things and durability
and utilization.
I still think it's pretty weird,
from that regard on these particular phones,
but I haven't really played with one that
much. So I I guess I'll have to
be
kind of cautious here in what I'm talking

(28:31):
about, but
definitely,
orders are up.
Google is saying it will start disclosing security
issues much quicker than before. Project Zero is
getting an appointment update
and,
launched in 2021.
Project Zero launched with a ninety plus thirty
day policy, ninety days for vendors to fix

(28:52):
a bug
and,
with an additional thirty days for users to
adopt.
Our sense, a so called upstream patch gap
has emerged whereby time between where it fix
available upstream and when it becomes available downstream
is longer than a deal extending the life
cycle of vulnerabilities,
they are going to try to tighten this
up.

(29:12):
And a new trial policy will improve transfers
by disclosing the vendor open source project,
the date of the filed report, and the
90 disclosure deadline.
So,
making people try to be a little more
reactive.
I did not,
see if the launch went to the International

(29:33):
Space Station or not,
but it was supposed to lift off at
12:09PM
eastern. So,
I've got the article up on the potential
launch. So I apologize. Didn't pick that one
up while I was looking.
Did pick this up, but anyway, crew 11
off, hopefully, off to the ISS.

(29:54):
Meta is also pledging. It was a big
story this whole week to spend billions on
AI. Now what else is new? People are
spending a lot of money.
And but they wanna double its AI infrastructure
spending
and looking to keep up with rivals.
And,
you know, this infrastructure is not cheap, but
they really wanna personalize

(30:14):
the AI
and obviously tie it back to WhatsApp and
Facebook and all the other
stuff that Facebook currently has.
We know that AI images are flooding the
Internet and especially human faces.
Fake images, videos, and voice recordings become much
easier,
but there are also new tools designed to,

(30:36):
to find this.
But again, I think some of these tools
are
not perfect.
And,
you know, I'm having to be very very
careful and stuff I'm clicking on these these
days.
There's a site called deep fake o meter

(30:59):
and such.
Again, I think there needs to be some
sort of flagging
on images
especially when they can
are of an issue that could be used
to
trick you.
And again, this
in one year,
the quality images have doubled. So, you know,

(31:21):
what's gonna happen in two or three years?
Firefighter Aerospace wins fourth lunar lander award. NASA
selected Firefighter Aerospace for fourth lunar,
lander mission.
This one taking rovers and instruments to the
South Pole region of the moon.
So
we'll see how the timeline develops on that.

(31:44):
NASA is also
developed when it calls the sky fall maneuver
and plans to drop six Mars helicopters
mid air.
Experts and
experts
are
questioning whether this is,
this really has potential.

(32:04):
In a groundbreaking move, police to redefine extraterrestrial
exploration NASA and Aero Vironment
have unveiled Skyfall, an ambitious mission concept that
plans to place six autonomous helicopters
on Mars aiming celebrate the path towards human
landings by 2030.

(32:24):
And this is building on Ingenuity success,
but some folks are saying it's a really
high risk
situation and
you know, I I think if you wanna
push the bubble, you have to take some
risk,
but scientists have weighed in a little bit
with,

(32:44):
with with some skepticism.
Google Pixel 10 pricing and online sales dates
have leaked and it's all good news all
around.
So here's the pricing.
$7.99
for Pixel 10. $9.99 for Pixel 10 Pro,
$11.99
for Pixel 10 Pro XL,

(33:04):
and $17.99
for Pixel 10 Pro
fold.
So
these are the same as we saw for
Google Pixel nine phones except for the Google
10 Pro XL.
That seems the cheapest version of that phone
will have 256
gigs of storage

(33:24):
rather than a 128
gigs. So there you go. There's your upcoming
pricing on those.
You know, one thing I like here
in The Philippines is when I'm
ordering food
and I there's an app here called grab
and
actually, you can order food, you can order
a car, you can order groceries.

(33:45):
It's a great app and the
beauty about it is you can
the vendor can message you.
They can say,
sir, did you want the, you
know,
did you leave this off your order? Or,
you know, they'll they'll they can message you.
And you can also communicate

(34:06):
as you can in many apps with Uber
with the driver,
but this allows you here with,
Grab to be able to communicate with people
actually preparing your food or picking up your
groceries.
Of course, that's also possible via direct chat
when people are shopping for groceries, but Uber
Eats
is now letting merchants

(34:26):
message customers about their orders.
So this is good.
And,
I think what will happen
there is you have the ability,
if there's something wrong,
to
message the merchant directly.
And that's always huge, huge, huge value.

(34:47):
There's some new sneakers out there that have
a secret air tag compartment to track your
child's location.
I think this is wonderful.
With as much crazy stuff going on the
world right now,
I think my Skechers shoes having this secret
compartment
is fantastic.

(35:09):
How many of you have already bought those
lace in?
Basically, you can get lack a lace in
an AirTag.
They've had that stuff for years but this
build in the shoe I think is fantastic.
Mac users should install
a new update immediately

(35:30):
as macOS Sequoia bows out with a crucial
bug fix.
So as reported by 9to5mac,
Apple's released macOS Sequoia 15.6,
a new update with an important bug fix.
It resolves an issue with finder and Apple
configurators
inability to restore devices from

(35:51):
DFU, which is called device firmware upgrade,
which could result in a brick device if
unsuccessful.
Wow.
So user would need to specify enter the
DFU mode.
I'm not even familiar with DFU mode.
So yes,
update
quote unquote
your Mac.

(36:12):
Facial recognition software leads arrest of a suspect
accused of injuring an ICE officer.
Well, I guess it goes to show you
that there's probably a reason why people that
are doing protests these days are wearing
mask
to avoid the the,
the
face recognition.

(36:33):
Also, the administration,
is seeking to unleash AI in schools.
So they're looking to propel
the use
of artificial intelligence school, a task that puts
US and race with China and faces open
ended questions on the best way to implement.
And

(36:54):
the multiple AI plans, including k 12, released
last week.
They sent guidance to k 12 schools outlining
formula and discretionary grant funds,
and this is the first time this government
has explicitly positioned AI education
as a national security issue. I
agree with it,

(37:15):
From a research standpoint
and some of these advanced research tools,
it's really, really good.
It puts a lot of businesses at Jeopardy
though that's online and in the business of
having
reference material between behind firewalls.
Of course, validation is always key too, so

(37:37):
maybe they'll still serve,
a role.
Australia, I don't I don't understand you folks,
but Australia has banned YouTube accounts for children
16.
Australian governance announced YouTube will require to ensure
account holders are at least 16 years old
starting in December.
The kids are just gonna be on their
parents' account.

(37:58):
All that's gonna happen.
Nothing changes here.
Nothing. Nothing.
Amazon announces their second quarter results. Net sales
increased 13% to a 167.7.
So I guess those tariffs are really having
an effect.
Compared to 148,000,000,000
in the second quarter,

(38:18):
net North America sales increased 11%
to 100,100,000,000.0.
Operating income increased 19,200,000,000.0
compared to 14,700,000,000.0
in the '24.
So, sounds like they're doing well.
I may have some bad news on that

(38:39):
here in a minute, though.
Figma has more than more than triples the
New York Stock Exchange debut after selling shares
at $33.
Adobe agreed to buy Figma, which basically failed,
but they've now went on to do an
IPO.
And,
the stock soared a $112

(39:00):
before closing
to a $115,
a 20% gain,
giving it a market cap of $68,000,000,000,
which,
that's probably a better
better than what Adobe would have offered. So
congratulations
to Figma
for,
an amazing,
public offering here.

(39:22):
Roku drives revenue up 15% turns into price
profit and so a solid quarter two.
So they went
to
$4.00 7,000,000,000
versus $3.09 5.
So it's amazing how much revenue
Rocco
how
how they have grown.
But will the party be over for Amazon
because the president has ended

(39:44):
the minimus
exemption for global low cost goods.
So we know that this was waived for
a while, but the order takes August 29.
So the move comes after they suspended
he suspended the provision
for shipments from China and Hong Kong. So
starting at August 29,
you can say subject any shipment of imported

(40:05):
goods into The US worth $800
or less to duties.
So you order that three dollar
or $4 or $5,
shirt on Sheen
or Chimu
or wherever,
you're going to have to pay due or
they're gonna have to pay duty on that,
which

(40:25):
will ultimately
increase the cost.
So, you know, this has been waived, but
because China has been
a little bit slow to the playing field
here, then,
it's time to invoke some more pain.
And,
but
people haven't slowed down,

(40:46):
buying stuff. Will they slow down with this
new and I think the tariff is thirty,
fifteen or 30%.
What will it be?
Are we in still some crazy
yeah. It doesn't say what the actual
percentage will be, but I know this will
make a lot of you

(41:09):
that are in business.
Maybe it's a good time to put in
some advance orders so that you have stuff
there,
for you to, to weather the storm while
this lasts.
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