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

  • @[email protected]English
    7•3 months ago

    Counter point: how has code churn varied across those years? My understanding is that changes in Android are becoming more incremental which might mean that less code is being written over time, too.

    • veroxiiEnglish
      5•3 months ago

      Yeah. Just about any code base will mature tremendously over 6 years.