At first I thought it was a password. Or a flight number. Or maybe a forgotten account ID.
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Otherwise, I’ll just keep staring at it like it’s the combination to a lock I didn’t know I had. At first I thought it was a password
Then I noticed: it matches the pattern of an IPv6 address suffix — or a part of a MAC address. Could it be a device signature? A boot code for old firmware? ca857e71