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[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably not a good idea to show your API key to everyone..

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean? I just see asterisks.

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same here. I’m pasting my password here and it will encrypt it so no one can see it other than me: *******

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh cool it works for my password, too.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago

I understood that reference

Your password is seven asterisks, right?

[–] worldsayshi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah encrypt it or at least put on a nsfw tag or something. Gosh. People flaunt their privates like it's Onlyfans.

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

Or at least use an environment variable, it's not a good practice to have it written in plaintext in your code.