"Your API keys are just a shitty wallet in disguise": security circle quip goes around
AccBalanced · x · 2026-11-03
A quip overheard and shared by tarunchitra is making the rounds: "Everything is crypto now — your API keys are really just a shitty wallet in disguise." It lands because leaked keys now directly translate into stolen money, as in the Railway breach where a compromised key was used to run DeepSeek and rack up a $2,433 bill — yet developers treat keys with far less care than crypto wallets.
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