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Security & Privacy

Nolex: The Local Hero Stopping Devs from Feeding Secrets to AI

GitHub scanned repos and found thousands of leaked API keys. Now imagine pasting those into ChatGPT without noticing. Nolex catches them first, all in your browser.

5 min read 1 month, 1 week ago
GitHub repository security dashboard showing Dependabot alerts and secret scanning results
Security & Privacy

GitHub's Free Security Shield: Great for Public Repos, But Don't Get Too Cozy

You're knee-deep in a repo, commit a stray API key, and bam—GitHub's secret scanning lights up like a Christmas tree. But is this savior suite really as straightforward as it seems?

5 min read 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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