{"id":114540,"date":"2020-11-18T09:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T06:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T06:40:29","slug":"does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#Does Apple Track Every Mac App You Run? OCSP Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24bfbab3803\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24bfbab3803\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#Why_Mac_Apps_Are_Signed_With_Developer_Certificates\" >Why Mac Apps Are Signed With Developer Certificates<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#OCSP_Explained_Why_Does_Your_Mac_Phone_Home\" >OCSP Explained: Why Does Your Mac Phone Home?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#Does_This_Happen_Every_Time_You_Launch_an_App\" >Does This Happen Every Time You Launch an App?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#What_If_a_Mac_Is_Offline\" >What If a Mac Is Offline?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#Whats_the_Privacy_Risk_What_Does_Apple_Learn\" >What\u2019s the Privacy Risk? What Does Apple Learn?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#Why_Is_Your_Mac_Doing_This\" >Why Is Your Mac Doing This?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#Can_You_Block_the_OCSP_Checks\" >Can You Block the OCSP Checks?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#What_Does_Apple_Say_and_Promise_to_Change\" >What Does Apple Say and Promise to Change?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained\/#Your_Mac_Does_Sometimes_Send_App_Hashes_to_Apple\" >Your Mac Does Sometimes Send App Hashes to Apple<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#Does <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Track Every Mac App You Run? OCSP Explained&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_701203\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-701203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/closed-mac-glowing.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Uvshzjvlbc.jpg\" alt=\"A partially closed Mac glowing in the dark.\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/brcko-district-bosnia-herzegovina-march-31st-1370501852\" data-credittext=\"Omar Tursic\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/brcko-district-bosnia-herzegovina-march-31st-1370501852\">Omar Tursic\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Does your Mac really phone home to Apple each time you launch an app? That\u2019s the allegation flying around after October 12, 2020, when an Apple server became slow and modern Macs took a long time to open apps. We\u2019ll explain what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"admonishment_info\"><p><strong>Info:<\/strong> This applies to both macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina. The slowdown and associated privacy concerns are not new in macOS Big Sur.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Mac_Apps_Are_Signed_With_Developer_Certificates\"><\/span>Why Mac Apps Are Signed With Developer Certificates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On a Mac, apps you download\u2014whether from the Mac App Store or from the web\u2014are signed with a developer certificate. Whenever you launch an app, it checks the app to verify that it was signed by a legitimate developer and that it hasn\u2019t been tampered with. This helps protect you from malware.<\/p>\n<p>For example, when Mozilla creates Firefox, it compiles a Firefox application file and then signs it with Mozilla\u2019s developer certificate. This is Mozilla\u2019s way of proving that the file is legitimate and created by Mozilla. If the application file is tampered with afterward, your Mac will notice the difference.<\/p>\n<p>These certificates are only valid for a certain interval of time\u2014perhaps a few years\u2014but they can be \u201crevoked\u201d early. For example, if Apple discovers that a developer is using its certificate to sign malicious apps, Apple then revokes the certificate. Macs won\u2019t load apps with that revoked certificate.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OCSP_Explained_Why_Does_Your_Mac_Phone_Home\"><\/span>OCSP Explained: Why Does Your Mac Phone Home?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But wait\u2014how does your Mac know if Apple has revoked a certificate associated with an app on your Mac? To check, your Mac uses something called the Online Certificate Status Protocol, or OCSP; it\u2019s also used by web browsers to check website certificates as you browse.<\/p>\n<p>When you launch an app, your Mac sends information about its certificate to an Apple server at ocsp.apple.com. Your Mac asks this Apple server whether the certificate has been revoked. If it hasn\u2019t, your Mac launches the app. If the certificate has been revoked, your Mac won\u2019t launch the app.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_This_Happen_Every_Time_You_Launch_an_App\"><\/span>Does This Happen Every Time You Launch an App?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your Mac remembers these responses for a period of time. On November 12, 2020, responses were cached for five minutes; in other words, if you launched an app, closed it, and launched it again four minutes later, your Mac wouldn\u2019t have to ask Apple about the certificate a second time. However, if you launched an app, closed it, and launched it six minutes later, your Mac would have to ask Apple\u2019s servers again.<\/p>\n<p>For whatever reason\u2014perhaps due to changes in macOS Big Sur\u2014Apple\u2019s server was swamped and became very slow on November 12, 2020. Responses\u00a0slowed down considerably, and apps took a long time to load as Macs patiently waited for a response from Apple\u2019s slow server.<\/p>\n<p>After that event, Apple\u2019s OSCP server now tells Macs to remember certificate validity responses for 12 hours. Your Mac will phone home and ask about a certificate every time you launch an app\u2014unless you\u2019ve received a response in the last 12 hours, in which case it won\u2019t need to. (The information about time periods here comes from independent app developer\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lapcatsoftware.com\/articles\/ocsp.html\">Jeff Johnson<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_If_a_Mac_Is_Offline\"><\/span>What If a Mac Is Offline?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The OCSP check is designed to fail with grace. If you\u2019re offline, your Mac will silently skip the check and launch apps normally.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true if your Mac can\u2019t reach the ocsp.apple.com server\u2014perhaps because the server address has been blocked on your network at the router level. If your Mac can\u2019t contact the server, it skips the check and im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely launches the app.<\/p>\n<p>The problem on November 12, 2020 was that while Macs could reach Apple\u2019s server, the server itself was slow. But rather than silently failing and getting on with launching an app, Macs waited a long time for a response. If the server had been down completely, no one would have noticed.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_Privacy_Risk_What_Does_Apple_Learn\"><\/span>What\u2019s the Privacy Risk? What Does Apple Learn?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_701204\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-701204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/xapple-campus.jpg.pagespeed.gp+jp+jw+pj+ws+js+rj+rp+rw+ri+cp+md.ic.it3Qbl82_j.jpg\" alt=\"Apple's campus in Cupertino.\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/cupertino-ca-usa-june-25-2018-1135091624\" data-credittext=\"Droneandy\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/cupertino-ca-usa-june-25-2018-1135091624\">Droneandy\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are several privacy concerns people have brought up here. They are spelled out in hacker and security researcher\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sneak.berlin\/20201112\/your-computer-isnt-yours\/\">Jeffrey Paul\u2019s blistering take on the situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Certificates Are Associated With Apps<\/strong>: When your Mac contacts the OCSP server, it asks about a certificate that\u2019s likely associated with one app\u2014or, perhaps, a handful of apps. Technically, your Mac does not tell Apple which app you\u2019ve launched. For example, if you launch Firefox, Apple just learns that you\u2019ve launched an app created by Mozilla. It could be Firefox or Thunderbird, but Apple doesn\u2019t know which. However, if you launch an app signed by the Tor Project, Apple can get a pretty good idea that you\u2019ve opened the Tor Browser.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Requests Are Associated With Dates and Times<\/strong>: These requests can, of course, be associated with a date and time and your IP address. That\u2019s just how the internet works. Your IP address is associated with a certain city and state. Each OCSP request tells Apple the developer that created the app you\u2019re launching, your <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> location, and the date and time on which you launched the app.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No Encryption Means Snooping Is Possible<\/strong>: The OCSP protocol is unencrypted. Not only does Apple get this information\u2014anyone in the middle can also see this information. Your internet service provider, workplace network administrator, or even a spy agency monitoring internet traffic could eavesdrop on the OSCP traffic between you and Apple and learn all these details. These requests also go through a third-party <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/784\/a-cdn-can-speed-up-your-website-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\">content distribution network (CDN)<\/a> named Akamai. This speeds them up\u2014but adds another middleman that could technically snoop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"admonishment_info\"><p><strong>Info:<\/strong> Your Mac isn\u2019t telling Apple which app you\u2019re launching. Instead, your Mac is just telling Apple which developer created the app you\u2019re launching. Of course, many developers just create one app. This technical distinction often doesn\u2019t mean much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Remember: With the change to caching behavior, your Mac is no longer asking Apple every time you launch an app. It\u2019s only doing this every 12 hours instead of every 5 minutes.)<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Is_Your_Mac_Doing_This\"><\/span>Why Is Your Mac Doing This?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As you might expect, this is all about security. The Mac is a more open platform than the iPad and iPhone. You can download apps from anywhere, even outside of Apple\u2019s Mac App Store.<\/p>\n<p>To protect the Mac from malware\u2014and yes, Mac malware has become more common\u2014Apple implemented this security check. If a certificate used to sign an app is revoked, your Mac can immediately spring into action and refuse to open that app. This gives Apple the power to stop Macs from launching known-malicious apps.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_You_Block_the_OCSP_Checks\"><\/span>Can You Block the OCSP Checks?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These OCSP checks are designed to quickly and silently fail when a Mac is either offline or can\u2019t contact the ocsp.apple.com server.<\/p>\n<p>That makes them simple to block: Just prevent your Mac from connecting to ocsp.apple.com. For example, you can often block this address on your router, preventing all devices on your network from connecting to it.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it seems like Big Sur <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickwardle\/status\/1327034191523975168\">no longer lets<\/a> software-level firewalls on the Mac block the Mac\u2019s built-in trustd process from accessing remote servers like this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"admonishment_warning\"><p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> If you block the ocsp.apple.com server, your Mac won\u2019t notice when Apple has revoked an app\u2019s developer certificate. You\u2019re choosing to disable a security feature and this could put your Mac at risk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Does_Apple_Say_and_Promise_to_Change\"><\/span>What Does Apple Say and Promise to Change?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_438123\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-438123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ximg_5d5efd69bb531.jpg.pagespeed.gp+jp+jw+pj+ws+js+rj+rp+rw+ri+cp+md.ic.J40HEOp21p.jpg\" alt=\"A man using a MacBook with the &quot;pinwheel of death&quot; on the screen.\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/cracow-poland-december-6-2016-man-530337757\" data-credittext=\"guteksk7\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/cracow-poland-december-6-2016-man-530337757\">guteksk7\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apple appears to have heard the criticism. On November 16, 2020, the company added information about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202491\">\u201cprivacy protections\u201d for Gatekeeper<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p>First, Apple says it has never combined data from these certificate or malware checks with any other data Apple knows about you. The company promises it doesn\u2019t use this information to track which apps individuals are launching on their Macs.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Apple insists that these certificate checks are not associated with your Apple ID or any device-specific information beyond your IP address. Apple says it has stopped logging IP addresses associated with these requests and will be removing them from Apple\u2019s logs.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next year\u2014in other words, by the end of 2021\u2014-Apple says it will make these changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Replace OCSP With an Encrypted Protocol<\/strong>: Apple says it will create a new encrypted protocol to replace the unencrypted OCSP system for checking developer certificates. This will prevent anyone in the middle from snooping.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop the Slowdowns<\/strong>: Apple also promises \u201cstrong protections against server failure\u201d\u2014in other words, apps won\u2019t be slow to load because a server slowed down again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Provide Choice to Users<\/strong>: Apple says Mac users will be able to turn these security protections off and prevent their Mac from checking for revoked developer certificates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, these changes will eliminate various problems\u2014third parties can no longer snoop in the middle. Macs will still send Apple information it can use to track which apps you open, but the Apple promises not to associate that information with you. Slowdowns should be eliminated as Apple fixes the performance problem, too.<\/p>\n<p>What will this better protocol be? Well, Apple hasn\u2019t yet said what it will replace OCSP with. As security researcher\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scotthelme.co.uk\/deja-vu-macos-hits-ocsp-hurdles\/\">Scott Helme<\/a> notes, something like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2020\/01\/09\/crlite-part-2-end-to-end-design\/\">CRLite<\/a> could help thread the needle here. Imagine if your Mac could download a single file from Apple and regularly update it. The file would contain a compressed list of all certificate revocations. Whenever you launch an app, your Mac could check the file, eliminating the network checks and privacy problems.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Mac_Does_Sometimes_Send_App_Hashes_to_Apple\"><\/span>Your Mac Does Sometimes Send App Hashes to Apple<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By the way, your Mac does sometimes send hashes of the apps you open to Apple\u2019s servers. This is different from the OCSP signature checks. Instead, it has to do with Gatekeeper\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/xcode\/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution\">notarization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Developers can upload apps to Apple, which checks them for malware and then \u201cnotarizes\u201d them if they seem safe. This notarization ticket information can be \u201cstapled\u201d to the app. If a developer doesn\u2019t staple the ticket information to the app file, your Mac will check with Apple\u2019s servers the first time you launch that app.<\/p>\n<p>This only happens the first time you launch a given version of an app\u2014not every time it opens. And the online check can be eliminated by the developer through stapling.<\/p>\n<p>Macs aren\u2019t unique here. For example, Windows 10 PCs often upload data about apps you download to Microsoft\u2019s SmartScreen service to check for malware. 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