#api-keys

A March 13 Hacker News thread focused on a security report finding 39 active Algolia admin keys exposed across open-source documentation sites. The risk is not theoretical: the keys could modify or delete search indexes, poison results, and expose indexed content on trusted developer docs.

A high-ranking Hacker News thread amplified a Truffle Security report arguing that legacy Google API keys can become high-impact credentials when Gemini APIs are enabled. The post highlights exposure scale claims and concrete key-hardening steps.