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‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub [B] to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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After last week’s major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took Signal along with it, Elon Musk was quick to criticize the encrypted messaging app’s reliance on big tech. But Signal president Meredith Whittaker argues that the company didn’t have any other choice but to use AWS or another major cloud provider. “The problem here is […]

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[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or how about using multiple to not have a single point of failure?

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

because they can barely keep the lights on with one provider. but I'm sure you will be a long-term signal backup subscriber, and until then you are regularly sending them donations.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/

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[+] MotoAsh@piefed.social -7 points 1 year ago

rofl how pathetic of a response. This is similar to the, "let's see you make better" from someone saying, "this food tastes like shit."

How is using multiple providers such a massive increase in expense? They'd be able to share the load, so it doesn't have to be a doubling of expense or even necessarily a significant increase in any universe what so ever.

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