Wednesday, September 3 (Conf Day 1)
12:50 pm to 1:50 pm
Rust Against the Odds: Fighting Human Trafficking with Software That Runs Everywhere
This talk brings Rust to one of its most high-stakes, underrepresented domains: forensic software for anti-human trafficking work. It’s a technical case study in how to build secure, no-dependency binaries for machines that don’t tolerate failure—and how Rust’s design enables it.
Built and maintained by a solo dev who is also a trafficking survivor, this talk highlights Rust’s power to serve nontraditional teams solving real-world problems. It’s a story of both technical ingenuity and personal mission.
This talk brings Rust to one of its most high-stakes, underrepresented domains: forensic software for anti-human trafficking work. It’s a technical case study in how to build secure, no-dependency binaries for machines that don’t tolerate failure—and how Rust’s design enables it. Built and maintained by a solo dev who is also...