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Today's topics:

iOS notifications leaking deleted chats - Apple patched iOS so notification caches can’t retain deleted or disappearing message text from apps like Signal—closing a major privacy gap for seized devices.

Firefox IndexedDB fingerprinting identifier - A Firefox IndexedDB bug created a stable cross-site fingerprint via `indexedDB.databases()` ordering (CVE-2026-6770), impacting Private Browsing and even Tor Browser until fixes land.

Telecom SS7 and Diameter tracking - Citizen Lab reports covert location surveillance using telecom signaling abuse—SS7 and misconfigured Diameter—via “ghost” carriers and repeated transit providers.

SQLite gets durable pubsub - Honker adds Postgres-style LISTEN/NOTIFY semantics to SQLite with durable queues and event streams, reducing reliance on separate brokers while keeping transactions atomic.

Zig-built C compiler journey - A developer chronicled building a C compiler in Zig, offering a practical learning log that tracks progress from parsing to linking and highlights Zig’s growing systems-language ecosystem.

Color-coded hex editing usability - A proposal argues hex editors should color bytes by default—like syntax highlighting—so humans can spot structure, anomalies, and boundaries faster in binary data.

AI-shaped comment spam conversations - Bloggers are seeing AI-like comment spam that mimics real conversation threads, slipping links into plausible back-and-forth to bypass moderation and social trust cues.

Cloud primitives and cost friction - A cloud critique claims today’s hyperscaler primitives push awkward constraints and high network costs; a new platform pitch argues AI coding agents will make that friction more painful.

Repairable tractors without electronics - Ursa Ag is drawing interest for tractors built around remanufactured 1990s diesel engines with minimal electronics—betting farmers value repairability over locked-down software.

-David Crawshaw Launches exe.dev to Rebuild Cloud Computing Primitives
-Ursa Ag Bets on Electronics-Free Tractors to Win Over Repair-Weary Farmers
-Honker Adds Postgres-Style NOTIFY/LISTEN, Queues, and Streams to SQLite via WAL-Based Push Notifications
-Blog Post Calls for Default Byte Color-Coding in Hex Editors
-Apple Patches iOS Bug That Let Forensic Tools Retrieve Deleted Messages From Notification Cache
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