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Poke Privacy Policy

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+ We don’t collect any data about you. No telemetry, no trackers! Because Poke is free software, you can also check the source and self-host. +

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+ Instance: poketube.fun + Version date: +
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+ What’s New — Policy Update + October 11, 2025 +

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+ Highlights: +

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  • New UI: simpler and better layout (yay!)
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- Contents -
- Overview - TL;DR - Ownership - Initiative Site Privacy - What We Do/Don’t Collect - Cookies & Storage - OpenStreetMap - Weather Pages & Services - Translate Page (SimplyTranslate) - Third-Party Requests & Proxy - API Logs Policy - Legal Bases (GDPR) - Your Rights - Data Retention - JavaScript & No-JS - Self-Hosting - Changes to this Policy - Document History - Warranty Disclaimer - Contact - Policy License -
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Preamble

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+ Welcome to Poke’s Privacy Policy. We don’t collect data about you and we don’t run telemetry. Poke is free software you can read, remix, and run yourself. +

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Not legal advice lol

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TL;DR

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  • No data collected. at all!!
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  • No telemetry. We don’t phone home.
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  • No third-party trackers. Yippe!!
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  • YouTube can’t see what you watch here. Its all done on the backend.
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  • Poke Account: no email required, no personal info needed.
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  • Poke Maps: uses OpenStreetMap data; map tiles/attribution may have separate privacy rules depending on the tile server you use.
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  • No required cookies. Preferences (like theme or layout) may live in local storage on your device.
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Ownership

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+ The Poke service and this default instance (poketube.fun) are owned and operated by the Poke Project. + Learn more at initiative.poketube.fun. +

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Initiative Site Privacy

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+ The informational website at initiative.poketube.fun does not collect personal information. + For hosting-related processing, the Codeberg privacy policy applies: + codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/src/branch/main/PrivacyPolicy.md. +

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What We Do/Don’t Collect

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+ We collect nothing about you +

+ We don’t store IP addresses, user-agent fingerprints, unique identifiers, emails, names—none of it. There’s no telemetry or “anonymous crash reports.” +

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Poke Privacy Policy

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- We don’t collect any data about you. No telemetry, no trackers! Because Poke is free software, you can also check the source and self-host. -

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- Instance: poketube.fun - Version date: -
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- What’s New — Policy Update - September 28, 2025 -

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- We clarified how third-party requests work waaay better! Highlights: -

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  • Weather pages: Open-Meteo forecasts are always proxied by our backend. Nominatim geocoding is proxied. Source links are provided for both flows.
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Preamble

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+ What exists briefly so the internet works

- Welcome to Poke’s Privacy Policy. We don’t collect data about you and we don’t run telemetry. Poke is free software you can read, remix, and run yourself. + Your browser and our server exchange data to deliver pages (that’s how HTTP works). That info is handled transiently and not logged in a way that identifies you on our primary instance.

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Not legal advice lol

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TL;DR

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  • No data collected. at all!!
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  • No telemetry. We don’t phone home.
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  • No third-party trackers. Yippe!!
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  • YouTube can’t see what you watch here. Its all done on the backend.
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  • Poke Account: no email required, no personal info needed.
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  • Poke Maps: uses OpenStreetMap data; map tiles/attribution may have separate privacy rules depending on the tile server you use.
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  • No required cookies. Preferences (like theme or layout) may live in local storage on your device.
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Ownership

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+ Poke Account

- The Poke service and this default instance (poketube.fun) are owned and operated by the Poke Project. - Learn more at initiative.poketube.fun. + If you make a Poke account, we don’t require an email or personal details.

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Initiative Site Privacy

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- The informational website at initiative.poketube.fun does not collect personal information. - For hosting-related processing, the Codeberg privacy policy applies: - codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/src/branch/main/PrivacyPolicy.md. -

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Cookies & Local Storage

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  • No cookies :D!
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  • Local storage only for preferences (e.g., theme, layout). This stays on your device.
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+ To remove data stored in your browser, you can use your browser’s cookie/site-data controls:
+ · Chrome
+ · Firefox
+ · Safari (iOS)
+ · Safari (macOS)
+ · Edge
+ · Brave +

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What We Do/Don’t Collect

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- We collect nothing about you -

- We don’t store IP addresses, user-agent fingerprints, unique identifiers, emails, names—none of it. There’s no telemetry or “anonymous crash reports.” -

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- What exists briefly so the internet works -

- Your browser and our server exchange data to deliver pages (that’s how HTTP works). That info is handled transiently and not logged in a way that identifies you on our primary instance. -

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- Poke Account -

- If you make a Poke account, we don’t require an email or personal details. -

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OpenStreetMap

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+ Poke Maps uses OpenStreetMap data. That means when you explore maps at /map, we embed OSM via an iframe directly into the Poke site. The tiles and geographic info are delivered from OSM contributors’ servers. + While Poke itself doesn’t collect any of your data, OpenStreetMap’s tile servers have their own + privacy policy. +

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Cookies & Local Storage

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  • No cookies :D!
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  • Local storage only for preferences (e.g., theme, layout). This stays on your device.
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- To remove data stored in your browser, you can use your browser’s cookie/site-data controls:
- · Chrome
- · Firefox
- · Safari (iOS)
- · Safari (macOS)
- · Edge
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Weather Pages & Services

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+ Poke’s weather pages use third-party, privacy-respecting services to resolve places and fetch forecasts: +

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  • + Geocoding / place lookup: + nominatim.openstreetmap.org + (OpenStreetMap Nominatim). + Privacy: OSMF Privacy Policy. +
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    • the request is proxied through Poke’s backend - always! + (see source ).
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  • + Forecast data: + open-meteo.com. + Privacy: Open-Meteo Terms & Privacy. +
    + Forecast queries are always proxied through Poke’s backend, so your browser never connects to Open-Meteo directly. + Only the necessary query parameters (latitude, longitude, units, etc.) are forwarded by the server. + see the source for this + here.. +
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+ Poke does not add trackers to these requests. However, when third-party services are contacted (directly or via proxy), + their respective privacy policies apply to those specific requests. +

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OpenStreetMap

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- Poke Maps uses OpenStreetMap data. That means when you explore maps at /map, we embed OSM via an iframe directly into the Poke site. The tiles and geographic info are delivered from OSM contributors’ servers. - While Poke itself doesn’t collect any of your data, OpenStreetMap’s tile servers have their own - privacy policy. -

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Translate Page (SimplyTranslate)

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+ Our translate page does not send your data directly to Google or SimplyTranslate.org from your browser. + Instead, all requests are proxied through our own backend servers. + When you use the page, only the necessary parameters are passed securely on the server side: + from (source language), to (target language), and text (the content you entered). + Your browser never connects to SimplyTranslate.org directly. +

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+ We rely on the community-run + SimplyTranslate service (a privacy-friendly + translation front-end). SimplyTranslate is a free software project: you can see the + source code and its + legal notice. + Our backend integration is handled in + + Poke’s server code + . +

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Weather Pages & Services

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- Poke’s weather pages use third-party, privacy-respecting services to resolve places and fetch forecasts: -

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  • - Geocoding / place lookup: - nominatim.openstreetmap.org - (OpenStreetMap Nominatim). - Privacy: OSMF Privacy Policy. -
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    • the request is proxied through Poke’s backend - always! - (see source ).
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  • - Forecast data: - open-meteo.com. - Privacy: Open-Meteo Terms & Privacy. -
    - Forecast queries are always proxied through Poke’s backend, so your browser never connects to Open-Meteo directly. - Only the necessary query parameters (latitude, longitude, units, etc.) are forwarded by the server. - see the source for this - here.. -
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- Poke does not add trackers to these requests. However, when third-party services are contacted (directly or via proxy), - their respective privacy policies apply to those specific requests. -

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Translate Page (SimplyTranslate)

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- Our translate page does not send your data directly to Google or SimplyTranslate.org from your browser. - Instead, all requests are proxied through our own backend servers. - When you use the page, only the necessary parameters are passed securely on the server side: - from (source language), to (target language), and text (the content you entered). - Your browser never connects to SimplyTranslate.org directly. -

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- We rely on the community-run - SimplyTranslate service (a privacy-friendly - translation front-end). SimplyTranslate is a free software project: you can see the - source code and its - legal notice. - Our backend integration is handled in - - Poke’s server code - . -

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API Logs Policy

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- When you request any resource from the poke api (for example: thumbnails, API endpoint) information about the request may be logged. -

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Information about a request is limited to:

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- No identifying information is logged, such as the visitor’s cookie, user-agent, or IP address. Here are a couple lines to serve as an example: -

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API Logs Policy

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+        When you request any resource from the poke api (for example: thumbnails, API endpoint) information about the request may be logged.
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Information about a request is limited to:

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  • the status code of the response
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+        No identifying information is logged, such as the visitor’s cookie, user-agent, or IP address. Here are a couple lines to serve as an example:
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 2019-01-19 16:37:47 +00:00 200 GET /api/v1/comments/xrlETJYzH-c?format=html&hl=en-US 1345.88ms
 2019-01-19 16:37:53 +00:00 200 GET /vi/r5P-f5arPXE/maxres.jpg 1085.41ms
 2019-01-19 16:37:54 +00:00 200 GET /watch 7.04ms
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-          This website does not store the visitor’s user-agent or IP address and does not use fingerprinting, advertisements, or tracking of any form.
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+ This website does not store the visitor’s user-agent or IP address and does not use fingerprinting, advertisements, or tracking of any form. +

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Your Privacy Rights

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- Since Poke doesn’t collect or store personal data, there’s basically nothing for us to give, sell, or lose about you. - You don’t have to worry about “export my data” or “delete my profile” requests because we don’t have anything on you in the first place. -

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- Poke Accounts don’t require an email, name, or any other identifying info — and there’s no way to add that kind of data even if you wanted to. -

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Your Privacy Rights

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+ Since Poke doesn’t collect or store personal data, there’s basically nothing for us to give, sell, or lose about you. + You don’t have to worry about “export my data” or “delete my profile” requests because we don’t have anything on you in the first place. +

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+ Poke Accounts don’t require an email, name, or any other identifying info — and there’s no way to add that kind of data even if you wanted to. +

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Data Retention

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  • Server logs: No personal identifiers on our main instance.
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  • Telemetry/analytics: Not enabled here.
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Data Retention

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  • Server logs: No personal identifiers on our main instance.
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  • Telemetry/analytics: Not enabled here.
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JavaScript & No-JS

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- JavaScript is optional on Poke’s websites. Core features—including search—work without JavaScript. -

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JavaScript & No-JS

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+ JavaScript is optional on Poke’s websites. Core features—including search—work without JavaScript. +

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Self-Hosting

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- Poke is free software under the GNU GPL v3.0 or later. you can self-host it yourself! see here -

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Self-Hosting

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+ Poke is free software under the GNU GPL v3.0 or later. you can self-host it yourself! see here +

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Changes to this Policy

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- If we ever change how privacy works here, we’ll update the date at the top and announce major changes. Spoiler: changes would not include adding two bananas. this isnt minions LOL :3 -

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Changes to this Policy

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+ If we ever change how privacy works here, we’ll update the date at the top and announce major changes. Spoiler: changes would not include adding two bananas. this isnt minions LOL :3 +

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Document History

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- You can view the full edit history for this policy at: - codeberg.org. -

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Document History

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+ You can view the full edit history for this policy at: + codeberg.org. +

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Warranty Disclaimer

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Warranty Disclaimer

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 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER,
 OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
 INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM
 (E.G., LOSS OF DATA, DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE, OR FAILURES OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
 EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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Contact

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- Questions or concerns? Open an issue on our project tracker :D -

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Policy License

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- © 2021–2025 Poke (Poke Project). This policy is licensed under the - Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). -

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Policy License

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+ © 2021–2025 Poke (Poke Project). This policy is licensed under the + Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). +

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