Unveiling the Truth: Why Did Major Apps Crash?

Title: Unveiling the Truth: Why Did Major Apps Crash?
Author: Michael
Created at: 2024-12-06 16:52:01
Updated at: 2024-12-12 16:47:13
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Facebook’s entire network of online properties went offline for around 7 hours on October 5th 2021. But how did this happen and why did it appear Facebook had completely vanished? In this podcast, we take a look at the events leading up to Facebook’s unscheduled downtime. This includes some theories surrounding the event and the surrounding storm instigated by whistle-blower Frances Haugen.

Shownotes

In this week’s show we discuss:

Facebook Whistle-blower Goes Public
Whistle-blower to Tell Senate Facebook Secrets
Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Go Offline
- Conspiracy Theories and Mistruths
Reasons Online Gamers Should Use a VPN
Can Games Consoles Use a VPN?

Christian Cawley and Ben Stegner host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter as@thegadgetmonkey and@stegnersaurus with your suggestions for future topics.

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