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by iudqnolq 1166 days ago
It seems like static hardcoded API keys are a best practice with map APIs. I'm guessing because of the large number of requests in the critical path proxying adds to much latency? But everyone does it.
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Oh, that seems pretty bad.

Are you ok to name some map apps that are doing this, that you're aware of?

That'll let others dig into those apps, (hopefully) report the security issue, and (again hopefully) get the app makers instead using a better approach for their next releases.

For one, it's what you get following the documentation of the most popular product, Mapbox.
Ouch. So, they're even teaching people to do the wrong thing? That's not good at all. :(