OK. #signal is down. And it seems to be an issue with Amazon Web Services. Not the end of the world, but a reminder that a centralized cloud is a single point of failure.

https://aboutsignal.com/news/outage-at-signal-and-several-other-online-services/

Outage at Signal and several other online services - AboutSignal.com

Users can't send or receive messages.

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@festal

The beginnings of the internet were a distributed computer network that could survive a nuclear war.

Now it's back to the fragility of the highly centralized systems that preceded it.

What a rotten shame.

@kilroy_was_here @festal yes, and regarding signal centralization is baked into their foundation: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
Reflections: The ecosystem is moving

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@dan @kilroy_was_here @festal not to mention their #Shitcoin not even @[email protected] / @techlore / #Techlore were able to buy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSGq9FQKU4

@signalapp is a shitshow and a honeypot!

We Tried Signal's MobileCoin So You Never Have To...

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@festal like how some #Signal fans go full coward mode ignoring the facts.

  • Seriously, @lexinova if you have anything say to disprove the evidence: Go ahead!

For me it's obvious @signalapp is a #honeypot.

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