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Rust Programming Privacy Issue: Sensitive Debug Info Leaks Detected

Calendar Apr 04, 2021 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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risk management privacy issue software development software security data leak programming language data leakage debugging debug information development concern

Rust developers have repeatedly raised concerned about an unaddressed privacy issue over the last few years.

Rust has rapidly gained momentum among developers, for its focus on performance, safety, safe concurrency, and for having a similar syntax to C++.

StackOverflow's 2020 developer survey ranked Rust first among the "most loved programming languages."

However, for the longest time developers have been bothered by their production builds leaking potentially sensitive debug information.