# The big Facebook crash of 2020 and the problem of third-party SDK creep

DevFeed: [The big Facebook crash of 2020 and the problem of third-party SDK creep](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-big-facebook-crash-of-2020-and-the-problem-of-third-party-sdk-creep-39515.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://rambo.codes/posts/2020-05-07-the-big-facebook-crash>)

Published: 2020-05-07T12:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Rambo Codes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/rambo-codes.md>)

Topics: [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Pi-hole](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pihole.md>)

Tags: [crash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crash.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [facebook](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/facebook.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [third-party](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/third-party.md>)

## AI overview

Gui Rambo recounts how faulty data sent by Facebook caused its SDK to crash during initialization, making many iOS apps unusable. He uses the incident to discuss the risks of third-party SDK creep and describes blocking Facebook domains with Pi-hole as a workaround.

## Source excerpt

Gui Rambo writes about his coding and reverse engineering adventures.