> The plaintiffs believe that because Social Security numbers had a fixed format, GitHub should have been able to identify and remove this data No it's not, es

> The plaintiffs believe that because Social Security numbers had a fixed format, GitHub should have been able to identify and remove this data No it's not, especially once you add binary files to the mix. I once worked at a company that required everyone to run some sort of local scanner to see if there's sensitive data on their laptops. My laptop with no sensitive data had something like 10k+ matching files. I promptly ignored the thing.