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A comment on €54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs. Parent comment

Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by glenpierce on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:36PM (#47798411)
Nuke the data. It’s gone forever if you didn’t back it up elsewhere. This should be a meaningful risk mitigation that I can employ to avoid having a catastrophic financial disaster.

This isn’t a limit I’m setting at some percentage above expected costs, it’s: “I don’t want to take out a HELOC if something goes wrong”

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Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ... by michaelt on Thursday April 16, 2026 @05:16PM (#47799598)
Unfortunately, a lot of people keep their backups in the same cloud account as their primary data. Thinking that multiple copies and multiple availability zones are sufficient.

For these users, the article’s €54k bill would be replaced with their business data getting wiped out.

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