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Looks like Facebook image store is having issues. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp use the same image store, so all the services are affected.

• mtgx 7y ago
  Probably a good opportunity for more people to realize that all three services belong to the same company.
  • hbosch 7y ago
    It’s common knowledge.
    • 3stripe 7y ago
      For HN readers sure
• ceocoder 7y ago
  However image metadata service seems to be up, this is what I see for most images on FB now. https://imgur.com/a/uC2L354 https://imgur.com/a/uC2L354
  • thrusong 7y ago
    I'm pretty sure this data is kept in MySQL and memcached.
• edwintorok 7y ago
  https://developers.facebook.com/status/issues/343373056594853/ https://developers.facebook.com/status/issues/34337305659485...
• londons_explore 7y ago
  Could also be a networking issue. If network capacity is severely reduced, the bulk static content (images/media) is what you'd switch off first. The fact it's global makes that unlikely tho.
• jug 7y ago
  That’s also what it looks like to me. The services themselves work and are responsive here. But oh boy, images have been down for the longest time now for being top websites.
• giancarlostoro 7y ago
  My concern there is my understanding has always been that WhatsApp implements end to end encryption through the Signal protocol, how can images be stored and be considered end-to-end encrypted? So are only text messages end-to-end? Ignoring logs being uploaded to the cloud. I wouldn't send any sensitive pictures over WhatsApp then.
  • kabwj 7y ago
    Probably blob store, not just image store.
  • justapassenger 7y ago
    E2E encryption doesn't mean P2P networking. Data still flows through servers.
  • octorian 7y ago
    Because the actual data for those images, that is stored on Facebook's media servers, is just a blob of ciphertext. Only the sending and receiving clients actually have the keys, not the servers.
• perrwa 7y ago
  On Instagram, ad posts still fully display. Would that be a different image store or delivery?