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I'm not convinced. All it would take is OCR to read one of the zeroes as the letter 'O' instead, and suddenly there's your SSN out in the open. That's at least
by jdmichal 12y ago
I'm not convinced. All it would take is OCR to read one of the zeroes as the letter 'O' instead, and suddenly there's your SSN out in the open. That's at least a civil lawsuit, maybe a criminal one, depending on context. (Healthcare, banking, etc. have strict laws in the US regarding the release of personal information.)
In other words, the risks avoided by paying the best heuristic computer known to man -- a human -- far outweighs the cost of the resource.
- omg_ketchup 12y agoShouldn't the office releasing the SSNs (the police department) to a member of the general public (programmers in question) be held accountable for releasing sensitive information, not the person that bought it?
- jdmichal 12y agoUnsure how you derived that interpretation. Yes, of course the releasing agency would be the ones liable.