In June 2025, Anthony Rueda enhanced device identity management and encrypted credential handling in the google/nearby repository. He delivered a feature that introduced an identity field to the DeviceIdentityMetaData proto and added encrypted metadata support to SharedCredential, enabling richer device and user identity representation. His work focused on data modeling and protocol buffers, ensuring secure data handling and forward compatibility between protobuf and Rust. By aligning cross-language data structures, Anthony improved traceability for security-related changes and laid the foundation for compliant device credential management. The depth of his contribution addressed evolving security needs without introducing new bugs during the period.