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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def verify(self, data):
 """Verify the signature on the contents of the string ``data``. """

        f = _make_binary_stream(data, self._encoding)
        result = self.verify_file(f)
        f.close()
        return result