Google Contributes $1 Million to Rust, Says It Prevented Hundreds of Android Vulnerabilities

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Google today announced a grant of $1 million to the Rust Foundation, meant to help improve the interoperability between Rust and C++ code.

The internet giant joined the Rust Foundation in 2021, for the same reason, and has adopted the memory-safe programming language across Android and other Google products, due to its benefits for addressing memory safety vulnerabilities.

“Based on historical vulnerability density statistics, Rust has proactively prevented hundreds of vulnerabilities from impacting the Android ecosystem. This investment aims to expand the adoption of Rust across various components of the platform,” said Dave Kleidermacher, Google VP of Engineering, Android Security & Privacy.
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Google Contributes $1 Million to Rust, Says It Prevented Hundreds of Android Vulnerabilities