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		andrewstuart on Nov 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Retrofitting spatial safety to lines of C++ The top security issues do not relate to memory safety. Rust advocates like to muddy the water and make it sound like memory safety is the biggest issue in security. It isn’t.

pjmlp on Nov 16, 2024 [–]

You mean advocates like Microsoft Security Response Center and Google Project Zero?

Or advocates like NSA and FBI?

Security FUD, name calling Rust any time someone raises security issues, is quite impressive.

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