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Test for what should not be there as well

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See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!14492
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[GitLab QA]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa
[part of GitLab Rails]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/qa
## Test for what should not be there
This is particularly important for permission calls and might be called a
negative assertion: make sure only the bare minimum is returned and nothing else.
See an issue about [leaking tokens] as an example of a vulnerability that is
captured by such a test.
[leaking tokens]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/37948
## How to test at the correct level?
As many things in life, deciding what to test at each level of testing is a