I just came back online & found @Facebook is offline, & it's not just for me: downforeveryoneorjustme.com/facebook
@Instagram, too.
That's going to release an immense cognitive surplus, boost to productivity, & based on what we've learned, may be a net positive for the world.
#KeepItOff?
@Instagram, too.
That's going to release an immense cognitive surplus, boost to productivity, & based on what we've learned, may be a net positive for the world.
#KeepItOff?
https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/1445089329831940102
@Facebook @instagram Still need to learn more about the root caus (BGP config error?
https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/1445067221051478021) but it's fair to observe how shutdowns, outages, & blackouts reveal single points of failure, particularly in centralized systems.
https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/1445067221051478021
https://twitter.com/philiprosedale/status/1445086138876661769
@Facebook @instagram Reports of wider technical disruption at @Facebook proper could reflect a more widespread issue than public access.
https://twitter.com/sheeraf/status/1445099150316503057
5 hours in, @NYTimes reports the root cause of the global outage for @facebook apps remains unclear. Members of FB’s security team “said it was unlikely that a cyberattack had taken place because one hack was unlikely to affect so many apps at once.”
nytimes.com/2021/10/04/tec…
nytimes.com/2021/10/04/tec…
“We don’t yet know why this happened, but the how is clear: this morning, something inside @Facebook caused the company to revoke key digital records that tell computers & other Internet-enabled devices how to find these destinations online”-@briankrebs krebsonsecurity.com/2021/10/what-h…
Folks in the USA seem to be mostly focusing on @Facebook & @Instagram being down, but the @WhatsApp outage is calamitous for hundreds of millions of people who depend on it globally to stay connected to family or send $. The app is close to critical infrastructure, or a utility.
Good night for this @whitehouse to consider how @OpenTechFund & @nistgov could supporty open source messaging, social media apps, & data standards that don’t rely on an opaque private corporation & CEO that has prioritized profits over privacy, safety, & democratic integrity.
https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1439974452306096133
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