Do You Sanitize Secrets Before Pasting Code Into Chatgpt?
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I try to manually redact them but honestly forget half the time.
Questions: - Is this actually a security risk? - How do you handle this in your workflow? - Would you use a tool that auto-sanitizes your clipboard?
Trying to figure out if this is a real problem or just me being paranoid.
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