top 20 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

Ask HN: Is HN having problem keeping up today?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28750538

4 years ago

371 upvotes – 152 comments

Curiosity Is Better Than Being Smart?

https://durmonski.com/life-advice/curiosity-is-better-than-being-smart/

4 years ago

335 upvotes – 183 comments

Whistleblower says Facebook is misleading the public

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-misinformation-public-60-minutes-2021-10-03/

4 years ago

329 upvotes – 3 comments

What is BGP? – BGP routing explained

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/

4 years ago

315 upvotes – 18 comments

Google keyword warrants give U.S. government data on search users

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warrants-give-us-government-data-on-search-users/

4 years ago

289 upvotes – 189 comments

Why obsessively following successful people online is dangerous

https://durmonski.com/life-advice/following-people-online-is-dangerous/

4 years ago

285 upvotes – 134 comments

Cloudflare announced four major new features that could disrupt industries

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/cloudflare-just-disrupted-3-industries-in-1-week-907e44a8f5

4 years ago

282 upvotes – 114 comments

The big alcohol study that didn't happen

https://dynomight.net/alcohol-trial/

4 years ago

280 upvotes – 210 comments

Facebook going down meant more than just a social network being unavailable

https://twitter.com/abgutman/status/1445124247005933573

4 years ago

277 upvotes – 347 comments

Plan 9 Desktop Guide

https://pspodcasting.net/dan/blog/2019/plan9_desktop.html#intro

4 years ago

238 upvotes – 100 comments
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