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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by fphhotchips on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:17AM (#22442012)
Yes, of course it means that. I might randomly generate data to test with. Doesn't mean it's private and needs to be treated as such if I accidentally and unknowingly stumble across real info.
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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by simonh on Friday February 28, 2020 @07:20AM (#22442252)
You could be helpful and provide a means for people to request their accidentally reproduced private data be redacted. See example below[0].

[0]https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/pull/155

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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by Nasrudith on Friday February 28, 2020 @07:41AM (#22442363)
Ironically that would be a way to disclose your very real data by omission.
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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by apetresc on Friday February 28, 2020 @09:58AM (#22443153)
That's the joke.
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