Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:46:45 +0000 From: George Liaskos <geo.liaskos@gmail.com> To: d@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-chromium@freebsd.org, phajdan.jr@chromium.org Subject: Re: using API keys in the FreeBSD Chromium port Message-ID: <CANcjpOA0ojn3FewS-gWCC_o=Cv9M3Tk9Op6u=n5bYS_p4b7Lqg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51A6EFE3.7030306@delphij.net> References: <51A5F67F.3010706@freebsd.org> <51A6EFE3.7030306@delphij.net>
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> > What's the purpose of these keys? E.g. are they used to encrypt > sensitive information, or are they used to identify that "this user is > running this client, unchanged"? > >From what i understand, the key should be unique per "derivative". It's used to identify the client, like User Agent one could say but with a quota on API calls. In this sense the "Official" Chromium port on FreeBSD should have a unique key. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chromium-dev/Qks4W0xLxqc
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