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"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps (www.techradar.com)
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Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable. Element explains to TechRadar why we do need decentralized apps more than ever.

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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

As it turns out, none of the services I run from my living room NAS or the one that I have hosted on a dedicated machine elsewhere had an issue.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    And all three users rejoiced!

    Seriously, while self-hosting is an option for some, it's not viable for the vast majority of humanity and unless something revolutionary happens, that's unlikely to change. Ultimately, technology is complex and our dependence on it will continue to create friction.

    As it turns out, not every problem has a simple solution.

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