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Just reading the title it sounded very much like "Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords": https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Just reading the title it sounded very much like "Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GB_NDU43Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GB_NDU43Q

jedimastert 5y ago
I love Tom's speculative fiction talks. He tells such a good story.
zinekeller 5y ago
Fortunately (or not, depending if you have a Chromebook and store files locally there), the inverse has happened and it locked up your book (fail-deadly versus fail-safe).
- utf_8x 5y ago
  > fail-deadly versus fail-safe Speaking of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUKQfMFKfjk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUKQfMFKfjk
0x0 5y ago
This actually happened for real with Dropbox about 10 years ago: https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/dropbox-security-bug-made-passwords-optional-for-four-hours/ https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/dropbox-security-bug-made-...
- cmeacham98 5y ago
  That exact news article appears in the video.