For a 20-character code, the Legal Entity Identifier generates a lot of passion.

FORBES: LEI -- 20 Characters In Search Of Authority

Neowin speculates that the reason for this could be to start afresh: by confusing host websites with a new identifier, IE 11 might avoid having legacy CSS code thrown at it, dating back to the bad old days when web designers had to give Internet Explorer special treatment.

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