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[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 64 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean? I just see asterisks.

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months 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 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh cool it works for my password, too.

[–] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

How do you know it's your password if all you see is astrisks?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 8 months ago

I understood that reference

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 8 months ago

Your password is seven asterisks, right?

[–] worldsayshi@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months 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 18 points 8 months ago

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