OpenTelemetry: The Road Ahead + Meet the Community

Summary

• The speaker suggests applying the principle of attribute removal and processing at the SDK level to prevent sensitive information from leaving the process.
• The redaction processor and collector have the capability to blank out sensitive information such as credit card numbers.
• Baggage is another area where sensitive information can potentially leak and a solution such as a proxy may be necessary to scrub the information.
• There is a need for a community effort to address common security and privacy questions and provide comprehensive answers.
• The speaker also mentions the importance of ensuring that any instrumentation provided to users does not include personally identifiable information by default.

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