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Confuse hackers #17

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Confuse hackers #17

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bkilshaw
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Telling a hacker that the API key is invalid is a mistake because they can keep guessing. Here we instead tell the hackers that the API key is VALID making them confused as to why the request is failing.

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Already fell for it. LGTM ✅

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@jorqensen jorqensen merged commit 5e608e5 into jorqensen:main Jul 12, 2022
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