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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@5C5C5C I found back the study I was talking about

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/google_rust_safe_code_android/

> The good news for organizations with a lot of unsafe legacy code is that rewriting old code in new languages probably isn't necessary.

> That's not to say old bugs miraculously become unexploitable. Rather, the overall density of vulnerabilities diminishes โ€“ a statistical win but not a guarantee of safety.