What is in the rubber covering just before the connector of my laptop adapter?

Ive seen it on Samsung and lenovo laptop chargers, not sure about the others. My charger was damaged so I had to rip it apart. Just wondering if it would make any difference if I connect the wire directly with the pin bipassing this component(is it a real component like some capacitor in the first place?)?

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