Google's shift to Rust for Android has cut memory vulnerabilities by 52%, highlighting the benefits of safe coding.

Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years. The tech giant said focusing on Safe Coding for new features not only reduces the overall security risk of a codebase, but also makes the switch

  • bamfic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Wair what, havent done a android dev in 10 years but back then it was JVM only, java or kotlin or similar. Does android support rust now?

    • allan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      It’s for the native stuff, in the os, I assume, not for third party development