> 2,863 Live Keys on the Public Internet
It will be more interesting if they scan GitHub code instead. The number terrified me. Though I am not sure how many of that are live.
> 2,863 Live Keys on the Public Internet
It will be more interesting if they scan GitHub code instead. The number terrified me. Though I am not sure how many of that are live.
2k feels very small considering the number of business sites that embed Google Maps. I guess a lot of those sites use other website building services that handle the Google API keys for them, and/or they're old and untouched enough that no one enabled Gemini on them.
I had the same thought. I guess a lot of those keys may belong to dormant/deleted accounts and only a % of people who have enabled Gemini (presumably it required user action)
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I did. Specifically the part about "When you enable the Gemini API". This doesn't take into account that people may have had years old forgotten about other services they use.
Either way it requires action, there is nothing to presume about that
Fair enough. It's a reasonable expectation of someone that enabled Google maps 15 years ago that enables Gemini 6 months not to understand the fundamentals of how Google treats their keys. If it wasn't explained on the enabling Gemini screen, what do you expect the user to do.
Totally agreed. But it clearly requires user action. I have some old projects that only use Google Maps for websites and that wouldn't magically be impacted. Google needs to do better though