Your API Key Will Leak. Make That Not Matter
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According to GitGuardian's State of Secrets Sprawl report, about 23.7 million secrets — API keys, tokens, passwords — leaked into public GitHub in 2024 alone. The overwhelming majority aren't the result of a hack; they're ordinary commits, logs, and client-side bundles. A fresh key that lands in a…
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- 2026-09-10 19:15 · DEV Community — AI
Your API Key Will Leak. Make That Not Matter