Comment

Comment by DethNinja

You should absolutely never release a commercial binary to public with debug symbols.

There are ways to convert symbol names on the crash report server, so the claim that you can get better crash report with debug symbols is not correct.

Why you shouldn’t release debug symbols:

* It helps patent/copyright trolls litigate you easier.

* Makes it easier to reverse engineer your binaries, which will help malicious actors and competitors.

* You might lose some trade secrets.

If you are a startup owner, please ensure to never release commercial/close-source binaries with debug symbols. You can thank me later.

parent DethNinja 3 years ago

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton