Topic: Google down and out for 45 minutes on Monday- the perils of centralization - page 2. (Read 372 times)

I'll wager that a significant percentage of the 'outages' we'll see will be associated with a re-implementation of big parts the internet and supporting infrastructure in order to correct some 'defects'.  The main 'defect' being that it allows people to exchange information without 'proper oversight'.

The tech giant finally took a hit!

One curious fact I heard about the Google outage on Monday was that while you couldn't access the website through your normally browser, you could actually still access it if you switched into incognito mode. Unfortunately I was too late to try it out myself, but if it was true its a big thing in my opinion. It could mean that some form tracking wasn't working properly and that's why we couldn't access the website.

in a fair comparison to bitcoin.
its like the block size quota only allowing certain amount of transactions per 10minute average block

bitcoin has had many mempool bootlenecks

I think it's already too late for us to stop using Google accounts and other centralized companies on the surface web because ever since we started to use the internet, we have created and have been using different social media accounts on the internet, so I think it is already enough that we have surrendered our personal information from a centralized company.

Well, people seem to rely heavily on centralized companies and probably don't realize how dangerous that is... not only in the area of network outage, also in privacy, transparency, accountability, security etc.

You don't trust or rely heavily on any internet company that is centralized, not very Transparent, not Privacy-friendly, not Censorship Resistant, that can have important information/data deleted without trace etc. When I realized some of this fact, I stopped considering them for serious/long-term usage.

If only the internet would be decentralized, the world would have been saved of such an outage. An incident of this magnitude further shows the superiority of the decentralization ideal of blockchain. It's impossible for a DLT network to be down because a couple of its nodes is down. It's time these tech giants began to experiment with these blockchain features, but would they? Centralization gives them a lot of power that they can wield for their own gain.

Good for you because there are groups  who had updated you while mine is none,i thought that there is a problem in my Unit then i checked in Mobile but same response so i believe that Google was hacked or something deep trouble happens.

Then i tried using other browser to clarify my belief and yes it works in other browser.

now i am doubting google to be more dependent instead will have some other browser to make my activities safer and less hassle .

That outage from google made everyone including me to worry about some files that we needed to access during that time. I thought that I'm having a problem with my internet connection but it seems good and it's only Google that's experiencing a problem at that time.

This is really a problem for those companies like google that can't be avoided. I wouldn't compare this issue to anything related to crypto/blockchain.

With the bulk data available on Google and the continual increased usage, this @Outage is bound to happen just that, its not expected of tech giants like Google following it's long term of service and suffestication. This is actually a sign of more outages yet to come and how centralized system of network sucks. This calls for a decentralization of the system but, I don't see this happening as I believe (not a proven fact) government regulations and participation on the system has already eaten deep into the fabrics of it's management as it's used as a major spy window on citizens especially in the developed world. So, a decentralization of the system would be a blockage to this spy windows and would be idea for government so, a change from centralization to decentralization seems impossible.

I faced this yesterday. I thought it's my problem. All other services were working well. I am heavily dependent on Youtube. Luckily, I am in some international Telegram groups. I came to know about this problem.

However, it reminds us of decentralization.

This is another failure of centralization of the internet, if the internet is decentralized and the web 3.0 evolves, this kind of thing will not happen as it will be more robustic and powerful just like bitcoin blockchain. That said, if taking bitcoin blockchain as an example, bitcoin blockchain has never been compromised before just because it is acceptable by people as miners protects it, web 3.0 will also be similar and will be protected by people just like in the case of bitcoin blockchain not by centralized body like google and the likes, and will never cease in operation like google just did for 45 minutes yesterday because it will be decentralized

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According to a tweet from Google, the company suffered an “authentication system outage” that essentially rendered a wide variety of servers useless for about 45 minutes because the system was unable to confirm users were who they said they were. It seemed to largely affect Europe and extended well beyond what people might normally associate with not being able to get into their email. On Android smartphones, for example, native apps like Google Maps ceased to work, and internet-connected devices through Google Home were seemingly also down.



From Gmail and Google Calendar to YouTube and even Google’s two-factor authentication, the outage temporarily ground online work to a halt for many, including publications that would have otherwise been reporting on the outage. “If an internet giant like Google can suffer such a major attack – denying millions of users access to basic internet services – it just goes to show that under the surface of the shiny web interfaces we see, internet infrastructure actually hangs in a delicate and vulnerable balance,” said Jaro Šatkevič, head of product at Mysterium Network, an open-source Web 3.0 project focused on decentralizing the internet.
https://www.coindesk.com/google-down-the-perils-of-centralization