Google's insecure-by-default API keys and 30h billing lag cost my startup $15k

53 pointsposted 9 hours ago
by tertervat

7 Comments

hedora

6 hours ago

Is there an easy way to know if I'm vulnerable to this? Like some dashboard page that lists all the API keys with "revoke" buttons?

I did something or another with a google API years ago, and am not looking forward to a random surprise bill. They don't have my credit card, so maybe that'd solve the problem. On the other hand, they could hold a gmail account hostage.

drewnick

5 hours ago

You should definitely log in to Google Cloud Console and roll all the keys you see in there if you're unsure. I just did the same thing after I realized I had a lot of surface area with these keys.

zem

7 hours ago

I really hope that one effect of ai code generators making code cheaper to write is that the calculus around "accept vendor lock in return for getting up and running faster" changes dramatically