{"id":2126,"date":"2021-12-01T00:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/12\/01\/facebooks-new-nightmare-is-suddenly-coming-true-forbes\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T00:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:20:16","slug":"facebooks-new-nightmare-is-suddenly-coming-true-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/12\/01\/facebooks-new-nightmare-is-suddenly-coming-true-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s New Nightmare Is Suddenly Coming True &#8211; Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Facebook has had a nightmare week. It started with revelations&nbsp;that the social media giant had been putting \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/03\/former-facebook-employee-frances-haugen-identifies-herself-as-whistleblower\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/03\/former-facebook-employee-frances-haugen-identifies-herself-as-whistleblower\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/03\/former-facebook-employee-frances-haugen-identifies-herself-as-whistleblower\" aria-label=\"profits before people\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/03\/former-facebook-employee-frances-haugen-identifies-herself-as-whistleblower\">profits before people<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d\u2014something Facebook vehemently&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/05\/zuckerberg-denies-that-facebook-prioritizes-profits-over-user-safety.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/05\/zuckerberg-denies-that-facebook-prioritizes-profits-over-user-safety.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/05\/zuckerberg-denies-that-facebook-prioritizes-profits-over-user-safety.html\" aria-label=\"denies\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/05\/zuckerberg-denies-that-facebook-prioritizes-profits-over-user-safety.html\">denies<\/span><\/a><span>. Then, suddenly, came Monday\u2019s outage of all Facebook services\u2014Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram\u2014as a result of a misconfiguration.<\/span><br \/><span>Facebook\u2019s reputational nightmare worsened as the week ended, with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-58850041\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-58850041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-58850041\" aria-label=\"another outage\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-58850041\">another outage<\/span><\/a><span> affecting some users on Friday. <\/span><br \/><span>Facebook\u2019s Monday outage was met with outrage: in&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/10\/06\/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-down-asia-social-media-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/10\/06\/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-down-asia-social-media-internet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/10\/06\/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-down-asia-social-media-internet\/\" aria-label=\"some countries\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/10\/06\/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-down-asia-social-media-internet\/\">some countries<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;the digital economy was effectively wiped out because its services are integral in speaking to employees, friends and family. Other services related to Facebook didn\u2019t work either, such as Sign in with Facebook. <\/span><br \/>The Facebook outage also led to multiple&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/4avjqb\/conspiracy-theories-about-facebook-outage-spread-even-without-facebook\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/4avjqb\/conspiracy-theories-about-facebook-outage-spread-even-without-facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/4avjqb\/conspiracy-theories-about-facebook-outage-spread-even-without-facebook\" aria-label=\"conspiracies\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/4avjqb\/conspiracy-theories-about-facebook-outage-spread-even-without-facebook\">conspiracies<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;including speculation that the social network had been hit by a cyberattack, made worse when a seemingly new trove of Facebook details turned up&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacyaffairs.com\/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.privacyaffairs.com\/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.privacyaffairs.com\/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum\/\" aria-label=\"on a dark web forum\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.privacyaffairs.com\/facebook-data-sold-on-hacker-forum\/\">on a dark web forum<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><br \/>In this case, the timing of the outage was coincidental: Facebook wasn\u2019t hacked, as&nbsp;<em>Forbes<\/em><span>\u2019 Davey Winder explains on this week\u2019s Straight Talking Cyber: \u201cEssentially, Facebook updated a configuration file that tells its routers how to communicate with the internet\u2014something called BGP (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Border_Gateway_Protocol\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Border_Gateway_Protocol\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Border_Gateway_Protocol\" aria-label=\"border gateway protocol\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Border_Gateway_Protocol\">border gateway protocol<\/span><\/a><span>). They made a mistake in the configuration file, and that error propagated out and affected their DNS\u2014it effectively told the internet that Facebook doesn\u2019t exist anymore: \u2018Our servers don\u2019t exist, go away.\u2019<\/span><br \/><span>\u201cNormally, they would correct that configuration file, send it out, that would then propagate out and say, \u2018hello actually we do still exist\u2019. The internet would connect again and we\u2019d all be fine.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span>But the problem was the integrated ecosystem that Facebook has\u2014which is why WhatsApp and Instagram went down too\u2014because everything relies on Facebook\u2019s infrastructure, including its security. \u201cThe people that would need to amend and correct the configuration file couldn\u2019t get authenticated because Facebook was down,\u201d Winder explains.<\/span><br \/><span>The Guardian\u2019s&nbsp;Alex Hearn&nbsp;also explained the Facebook outage eloquently via a&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexhern\/status\/1445130867073032195?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexhern\/status\/1445130867073032195?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexhern\/status\/1445130867073032195?s=20\" aria-label=\"tweet\"><span data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexhern\/status\/1445130867073032195?s=20\">tweet<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><br \/>The issue shows just how finely balanced technical infrastructure is, says Sean Wright,&nbsp;&nbsp;SME security lead at Immersive Labs. \u201cSingle changes can create tremendous issues, which have significant financial and reputational impact.\u201d<br \/>It also highlighted what happens when firms rely on certain controls and technologies. \u201cNot only was the service down, but Facebook employees were unable to access the servers to rectify the issue quickly,\u201d Wright adds.<br \/>It was a comedy of errors for Facebook, and the start of the week had been far from funny for the social network. A whistle-blower has been giving explosive testimony about how Facebook and its sister site Instagram are causing harm to users, a fact allegedly already known by Facebook itself because it had done the research.<br \/>All the dialogue about Facebook this week has been entirely negative and as a result it\u2019s been an incredibly costly week for the social network. Facebook\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-04\/facebook-shares-suffer-worst-drop-this-year-as-tech-losses-mount\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-04\/facebook-shares-suffer-worst-drop-this-year-as-tech-losses-mount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-04\/facebook-shares-suffer-worst-drop-this-year-as-tech-losses-mount\" aria-label=\"share price has tumbled\">share price has tumbled<\/a>. The ad business is going badly for the social network too. Being offline for five hours on Monday left many businesses unable to operate, and resulted in more lost revenue for its advertisers.<br \/>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t been a great week for Facebook\u2019s reputation which in turn has potentially weakened user confidence in the platform,\u201d says Jake Moore, a cybersecurity specialist at ESET. \u201cThe competition on offer is already edging ahead with younger generations,\u201d he points out.<br \/>Apple\u2019s new privacy features have also been hitting Facebook hard. The company admitted in a recent blog that it was no longer able to accurately measure ad campaigns without the identifier for advertisers (IDFA), which Apple users are increasingly blocking as part of the new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2021\/07\/17\/apples-stunning-new-iphone-feature-is-a-triumphant-success\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2021\/07\/17\/apples-stunning-new-iphone-feature-is-a-triumphant-success\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2021\/07\/17\/apples-stunning-new-iphone-feature-is-a-triumphant-success\" aria-label=\"App Tracking Transparency\" rel=\"noopener\">App Tracking Transparency<\/a>&nbsp;(ATT) feature.&nbsp;<br \/>Yet people are becoming more aware of their privacy, and the data-hungry habits of Facebook. Some people are already deleting their accounts\u2014although on paper, Facebook user numbers aren\u2019t going down. This nightmare week and Facebook outages could have also led many to realise than actually, they are ok without Facebook and Instagram in their lives. <br \/>WhatsApp competitor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/10\/05\/telegram-says-it-added-70m-users-while-facebook-and-whatsapp-were-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/10\/05\/telegram-says-it-added-70m-users-while-facebook-and-whatsapp-were-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/10\/05\/telegram-says-it-added-70m-users-while-facebook-and-whatsapp-were-down\/\" aria-label=\"Telegram\">Telegram<\/a>&nbsp;says it added 70 million users when WhatsApp was down, and Twitter was certainly busier while Facebook users looked for somewhere else to go.<br \/>After such a nightmare week for Facebook, should you delete your account? It\u2019s hard to know what to do when you use it to communicate with friends and family, but perhaps do what I do: Only use Facebook on your browser, rather than an app that goes everywhere with you, and lock it down via the privacy settings. Use tools such as Apple\u2019s ATT feature to block some of the tracking, and try to spend less time on the social media site.<br \/>Facebook denies it puts profits before people, saying: <br \/>\u201cThe growth of people or advertisers using Facebook means nothing if our services aren&rsquo;t being used in ways that bring people closer together\u2014that\u2019s why we are investing so much in security that it impacts our bottom line.&nbsp;Protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits. To say we turn a blind eye to feedback ignores these investments, including the 40,000 people working on safety and security at Facebook and our investment of $13 billion since 2016.\u201d<br \/>Facebook has responded to the claim that internal research shows the company is not doing enough to eradicate harmful content on the platform, saying:<br \/>\u201cWe&rsquo;ve invested heavily in people and technology to keep our platform safe, and have made fighting misinformation and providing authoritative information a priority. If any research had identified an exact solution to these complex challenges, the tech industry,&nbsp;governments, and society would have solved them a long time ago.&nbsp;We have a strong track record of using our research\u2014as well as external research and close collaboration with experts and organizations\u2014to inform changes to our apps.\u201d<br \/>Facebook also denied its platform was toxic to teens, saying: <br \/>\u201cThe research actually demonstrated that many teens we heard from feel that using Instagram helps them when they are struggling with the kinds of hard moments and issues teenagers have always faced. This research, like external research on these issues, found teens report having both positive and negative experiences with social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2021\/10\/09\/facebooks-new-nightmare-is-suddenly-coming-true\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has had a nightmare week. It started with revelations&nbsp;that the social media giant had been putting \u201cprofits before people\u201d\u2014something Facebook vehemently&nbsp;denies. Then, suddenly, came Monday\u2019s outage of all Facebook services\u2014Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram\u2014as a result of a misconfiguration.Facebook\u2019s reputational nightmare worsened as the week ended, with another outage affecting some users on Friday. 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