This Will Surely Eliminate The Fraud

This Will Surely Eliminate The Fraud
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The code snippet shows a hilariously naive approach to database deduplication that would make any DBA have a heart attack. It's basically iterating through social security numbers in a government database and if there are duplicates, it just deletes ALL matches with that SSN! The comment even includes the infamous Unix rm -rf command, implying this is the digital equivalent of taking a flamethrower to your records.

Instead of properly identifying which record is legitimate or merging data, this nuclear option would just obliterate everyone's records if there happened to be a duplicate SSN. Congratulations, you've fixed identity fraud by erasing everyone's identity! Task failed successfully!

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