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Keys, Secrets & Tokens
In this lesson
Keys, Secrets & Tokens
You can explain what a key, secret, or token is in plain words: a password that a program uses.
You'll be able to
- You can explain what a key, secret, or token is in plain words: a password that a program uses.
- You can recognize one on sight, like `API_KEY`, `token`, or a string that starts with `sk-`.
- You can say why it is sensitive and name one real consequence of it leaking.
- You can name the two places to never put a key, and the safe place to put it instead.
- You can react the right way if a key gets exposed: treat it as burned, then revoke and rotate it.