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by ams6110 4573 days ago
The flaw is in having this "private" data in a public repo to begin with. If your data are private, don't put your project on github.
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While I'm certain you and your organization have a perfect record of never checking inappropriate things into your git repository, mine does not. Even if all the employees at your company were perfect, there is still a chance of inappropriate information getting into the repository.