diff --git a/security/.gitignore b/security/.gitignore
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@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *
-!.gitignore
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+!.gitignore
+!default-api-keys.json
+!README.md
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+# Security
+
+The changes in this folder are ignored by git.
+
+## API keys
+
+The default API keys included do not represent the actual API keys used on the live server. The ones provided in the repository are merely used for testing.
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diff --git a/security/default-api-keys.json b/security/default-api-keys.json
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+{
+	"google": {
+		"id": "697032238563-kqhf37o2jjinkuj03644i50ql2cu7341.apps.googleusercontent.com",
+		"secret": "ja-yWbnqOZyze98TMt2llDs-"
+	}
+}
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