Pokémon Go and Co.: When the lights go out on Facebook ...

When on 4 October 2021 at 5 pm, 17:30 Whis app no ​​connection could not connect to the servers when the Wash and Instagram mother Facebook was no longer available for hours, even those under the Pokémon Go players who rely on the Facebook account for the login, suddenly nothing to laugh. Towards the players were thrown out of the game, no matter what they have just moved.

Allegedly, at the time the DNS entries of the Facebook services disappeared, which in turn means that the associated pages could no longer be found by apps and browsers. Until the night (in our widths) it took until the problem was resolved. Helpless because of the developers of Niantic.

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They could not do a lot, after all, the problem was not on the team of Pokémon Go, but on Facebook. And affected were not only Pokémon-go fans, but all app and web users who have chosen the seemingly convenient way of the Facebook login for certain services, instead of creating an account instead of the service.

If the light goes out on Google times ...

Six to seven hours offline time on Facebook reveal not only in some places the dependence on the digital major corporation, but the general power that these companies have about our online life. Imagine, Google would be away from today. How many services and services of the parent company Alphabet could no longer be used - not to mention that the search engine already shapes the life of the Internet user anyway?

When I tried to remember me, with how many services, apps and I now also play the seemingly simple way of Facebook or Google logins have chosen me a bit scary. Not to mention that my Chromebook is probably only used as an expensive place to go. That would be similar to Apple, I use my phone for quite a few things.

Decentralization Ahoi?

You certainly say: Suse, do not be so lazy and put a new account for everything. You are right. But I have already about 150 accounts in my password manager. But sometimes I like to simply choose the supposedly easy way to register me at any point; Especially with the services and websites I know in advance that I will never use them once and then. And then it happens that I need them more often. The advantage is there who then makes the effort to create an own account. I m not most of that. I should probably make me up, right?

How do you think that, I would like to know! Do you simply use the Facebook or Google login for many accounts or do not you dare the corporations about the way? Are you like me and screamed at all good intentions, and chooses the simple type for an account creation?

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