Meredith WhittakerOct 20
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
Show threadfedithomOct 20

@Mer__edith

Absolutely no offense meant, but maybe relying on Amazon (who are sort of antithetical to everything Signal stands for) for anything isn't the greatest of ideas?

Show threadyawnboxOct 20

@fedithom

Open Whisper Systems has a long history of being anti-decentralization

@Mer__edith

Show threadDaniël Franke 
@yawnbox @fedithom @Mer__edith Keeping the service centralised (which can have some benefits when it comes to user experience) is a different story than having all your eggs in the same basket as half the internet.
Oct 20 at 9:06amWeb