googleapis / googleapis/google-http-java-client

Set minimum permissions for workflows

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
GitHub workflows are [granted high permissions by default](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication). Permissions that allow, for example, to delete your source code and publish releases. The permissions can be exploited by malicious actions run in the workflow or malicious PRs if run on `pull_request_target`. This is specially important when using 3P actions such as:
https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/blob/1acedf75368f11ab03e5f84dd2c58a8a8a662d41/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml#L42.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
[Set restricted permissions to run GitHub workflows](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/enabling-features-for-your-repository/managing-github-actions-settings-for-a-repository#configuring-the-default-github_token-permissions) or [declare minimum permissions in the workflows](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs).
e.g. `permissions: contents: read` for workflows that only need to do `actions/checkout`.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
None.

**Additional context**
My name is Gabriela and I work on behalf of Google and the OpenSSF suggesting supply-chain security changes.

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