Why Your API Key in Mobile Apps Needs to Be Restricted (Even When It Looks Like It Doesn't)
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Why Your API Key in Mobile Apps Needs to Be Restricted (Even When It Looks Like It Doesn't)

I pulled two working Google Maps API keys out of mobile apps in under a minute, both with no restrictions at all. Both reports were closed as Informative on HackerOne. Here is the extraction with apktool, the endpoint validation, and the three layers that actually fix it.

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