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Public story · 2026-02-27 · source-backed
Simon Willison highlighted the Truffle Security discovery: Google Maps API keys designed to be embedded publicly in web pages can access Gemini AI endpoints, because Gemini uses the same API key system. The trust model between "public" Maps keys and "secret" AI model keys was never separated.
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