title: Alternative to Firebase Secret in Firebase 3.x
body: <p>I need to allow my app to fetch general information available in the Database but without making the information accessible elsewhere. In other words, <strong>allowing only my app to access some data</strong>. </p>
  
  <p>As far as I know, Anonymous login is not an option for me because at a later stage I am login using email and password.</p>
  
  <p>Basically, I am looking for an alternative to Firebase Secret, in order to allow my app to access the data, but not make that data publicly available by making it <code>.read": "true"</code>. </p>
  
  <p>In Firebase 2.x the way to do this was using Firebase Secret, but do not know how to achieve the same access without officially login in.</p>
  
  <p>There is a similar question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37940058/authenticating-with-database-secrets-in-firebase-sdk-v3">here</a>, but it asks whether or not it is possible rather than alternatives.</p>