Secret scanners struggle with false positives in test fixtures
Users of secret-scanning tools report frequent false positives when scanning test fixtures or seed data that intentionally contain hardcoded secrets. This is a recurring pain point across multiple existing scanner products, suggesting a structural gap in context-aware detection.
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