Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (March 06, 2024)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for March 06, 2024 :</p>
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Embedded Swift on the Raspberry Pi Pico
Summary: A developer has created a small Embedded Swift "toolchain" for building pure Swift executables for the Raspberry Pi Pico without the Pico SDK. The toolchain is a Makefile and works on macOS and Linux hosts. This approach doesn't use the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK, resulting in less build system complexity and more room for experimentation. The main application code is all Swift, with minimal C and Assembly involved for bootstrapping. The developer aims to integrate SwiftPM for easier package integration.
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Cracking Meta's Messenger Certificate Pinning on macOS
Summary: Texts.com's Batuhan İçöz cracked Meta's Messenger certificate pinning on macOS to analyze its network requests. Certificate pinning enhances security by accepting certificates only from specific authorities, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. İçöz used binary patching to disable certificate pinning, allowing the team to intercept requests and gain valuable insights into the application.