top 10 hacker news stories for 2021-10-04

Facebook-owned sites were down

https://www.facebook.com/

4 years ago

2589 upvotes – 1283 comments

Understanding how Facebook disappeared from the internet

https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/

4 years ago

1226 upvotes – 260 comments

It takes a PhD to develop that

https://blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/it-takes-a-phd-to-develop-that/

4 years ago

623 upvotes – 411 comments

Apple execs describe a “unique arrangement” with Netflix (2018)

https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1444367219509637123

4 years ago

602 upvotes – 274 comments

What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp?

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/10/what-happened-to-facebook-instagram-whatsapp/

4 years ago

584 upvotes – 311 comments

Brave and Firefox to intercept links that force-open in Microsoft Edge

https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/anti-competitive-browser-edges.html

4 years ago

571 upvotes – 181 comments

Web Scrapers Claim to Sell Personal Data on Facebook Users on a Hacker Forum

https://www.privacyaffairs.com/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum/

4 years ago

527 upvotes – 144 comments

Every device with FB app is now DDoSing recursive DNS resolvers

https://twitter.com/blazejkrajnak/status/1445063232486531099

4 years ago

460 upvotes – 109 comments

Facebook employees badges aren't working, unable to enter buildings

https://twitter.com/sheeraf/status/1445099150316503057

4 years ago

432 upvotes – 231 comments

McKinsey never told the FDA it was working for both the FDA and opioid makers

https://www.propublica.org/article/mckinsey-never-told-the-fda-it-was-working-for-opioid-makers-while-also-working-for-the-agency

4 years ago

410 upvotes – 125 comments
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