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Apr 2022
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WhatsApp went down (early report/analysi...

Hussein Nasser
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WhatsApp Went down again, this is an early report with brief analysis, enjoy.   https://engineering.fb.com/2020/10/21/networking-traffic/how-facebook-is-bringing-quic-to-billions/

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