Socket.io goes down
Client-side JavaScript library socket.io is down. A database error is currently preventing access to the socket.io library, a popular communications layer for real-time web applications. Developers who have been affected are invited to contact us. ® Type arms of an old typewriter
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Friday 22nd April 2016 13:00 GMT Anonymous Coward
Not affected
I never did trust this thing. Even if it has been reliable until now, it was never a good idea, from a security/privacy perspective, to route your users' communications through some 3rd party site.
Worse, perhaps, it uses Flash in browsers lacking HTML5 WebSockets.
There's no need for it now that all the major browsers have supported WebSockets for at least 2-3 years.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
