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Comments on news posted 2013-02-08 08:34:31: A small bug in a line of Facebook code temporarily rendered a huge swath of websites, including CNN, Gawker, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post -- inaccessible. ..

ke4pym
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ke4pym

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Thank you browser add-ons

Special thanks to Adblock and Ghostery for keeping this mess off my workstations.
openbox9
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join:2004-01-26
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openbox9

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And simply not trusting Facebook to access other content.
praetoralpha
join:2005-08-06
Pittsburgh, PA

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Noscript

Yet another reason that proves Noscript is practical.
brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Tampa, FL

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Re: Thank you browser add-ons

Adblock filters are getting sloppy. I notice some ADS getting through now surfing websites :/
NoHereNoMo
join:2012-12-06

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Facebork'd

Duh.

Packeteers
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join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY

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Re: Thank you browser add-ons

i use Ghostery & WOT (i see no reason why you need to use adblock too) - and noticed a sluggishness when visiting various media sights recently - i wonder if it's tied too all those unresolvable facebook links.

Morac
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I like Adblock except that it is bloated. It causes Firefox to use an additional 60 MB of memory.

PaulHikeS2
join:2003-03-06
Fitchburg, MA

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Apparenty this only affected people logged into Facebook

So things are a bit over stated here, as often happens. Makes me glad I don't use Facebook, though.

Packeteers
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join:2005-06-18
Forest Hills, NY
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Re: Thank you browser add-ons

unload adblock and see if this helps instead;

»www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman

it blocks all the ad IPs using no resources
well before you even open your browser
and you don't even have to keep it loaded
unless you need to enable ads on the fly.

Metatron2008
You're it
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join:2008-09-02
united state

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Metatron2008

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Don't worry guys.

It's just Facenet becoming self aware.
luisortega
join:2010-08-31
West Des Moines, IA

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Re: Thank you browser add-ons

Do you have the "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" unchecked? It's checked by default and I haven't noticed any ads getting through lately.

BF69 Fan
@charter.com

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in a world where the average new pc has 8 gigs of ram. 60 is an issue?

ArrayList
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join:2005-03-19
Mullica Hill, NJ

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is there a way to do something like this on my router?

n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY

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said by Packeteers:

unload adblock and see if this helps instead;

»www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman

it blocks all the ad IPs using no resources
well before you even open your browser
and you don't even have to keep it loaded
unless you need to enable ads on the fly.

I used to do that but some ad server IP's also host legitimate content. I started getting to many broken links and found that AdBlock was really the only solution for me. Add in Ghostery to prevent tracking and everything works pretty well.

Packeteers
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join:2005-06-18
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Packeteers

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yes, i do concede hostsman can occasionally block something commercial you may want - here is a case in point; last summer i started playing a new mmo from a new publisher who freely admitted in their FAQ they were accumulating data for marketing research and university study programs, so naturally hostsman blocked one or both of these entities which in turn disabled part of the game launcher, so in order to play i had to disable hostsman. about 2 months later their blacklists were updated to allow this game to run unfettered. so desirable content may rarely get blocked, but eventually it does seems to sort itself out - and i have since returned to using hostsman without further incident.

Maxo
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL

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Resume

I'd put that on my resume if I wrote that line.
"Temporarily brought down teh Internets ... like a boss"
Rilly
join:2007-10-26

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Scope of Impact not totally accurate...

It wasn't just affecting sites that you logged in via facebook account to a 3rd party site... one site I use was redirecting and I never login via facebook account
me1212
join:2008-11-20
Lees Summit, MO

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Re: Resume

Everyone would fear you. that would be awesome.
axiomatic
join:2006-08-23
Tomball, TX

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Untangle + AdBlock

Run AdBlock off of an Untangle VM acting as router. Pure win.

Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY

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"Facebook working as usual"....har-de-har-har
LowRider
join:2006-06-23
Dallas, GA

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hate social media logins

Just another reason to hate login in from an account like this. Definitely find how its becoming the norm for logging in

CptSpaulding
join:2009-07-21
Cincinnati, OH

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that and the fact you are giving Facebook permission and the site your on to hand your info back and forth to help see what your interests etc are... Never use these logins!

imanon
@comcast.net

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Anon

what problem

facebook.com is DNS sink-holed to a local webserver on my LAN ...so I never noticed this.

Forget about logging in and tracking, I just don't need to see that damn "like" button all over the place.

zoom314
join:2005-11-21
Yermo, CA

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Re: Thank you browser add-ons

said by BF69 Fan :

in a world where the average new pc has 8 gigs of ram. 60 is an issue?

8GB? Mine has 16GB, but yeah 60MB isn't really a big issue, My browser does better than that, more like 1810MB at the moment....