€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs

Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by drfloyd51 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:51AM (#47792949)

See also: Why is the default cap so low? I lost €78bojillion because my API stopped working.

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by Barbing on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:33AM (#47793568)

Demand on-call phone numbers, autodial the entire company when it looks like they’re about to lose their first bojillion.

No, you don't really have to give Google a bunch of phone numbers. The input box will also accept entry of the following text:

“I'm a big stupid idiot, and when my API stops working, which it will, it will be all my fault and not Google's.”

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by jamespo on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:00AM (#47793098)

Monitoring could pick this up in minutes rather than how long this took to discover

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by drfloyd51 on Friday April 17, 2026 @02:15PM (#47808890)

Monitoring could have detected overspend as well.

My point is either choice, caps or no caps, has its cons.

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