Your secrets don't need a git commit to leak into an AI tool
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Most of us have the "don't commit secrets" reflex drilled in. Pre-commit hooks, secret scanners in...
Most of us have the "don't commit secrets" reflex drilled in. Pre-commit hooks, secret scanners in CI, .env in .gitignore. Good. That covers the repo.
When you work with an AI coding assistant, what leaves your machine isn't just the file you're editing. It's whatever you paste, whatever the extension decides is relevant, and whatever the agent reads while it's "helping." The security boundary now includes the editor extension, the chat history, any telemetry, and every service that processes that context on the way to the model and back.
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Your secrets don't need a git commit to leak into an AI tool was first seen on DEV Community · Top this week on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 82 checks on 4 different days. Its best position was #18 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 05:43 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 10:43 UTC.
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#18 on DEV Community · Top this week, on Nov 2, 05:43 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 60 minutes.
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It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 4 days (82 checks) since.