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 threadXenGi ✅Oct 20
@yawnbox @fedithom @Mer__edith Why does signal then depend on a single centralized cloud provider?
Show threadMeredith WhittakerOct 20
@xengi @yawnbox @fedithom we don't.
Show threadBohwaZ

@Mer__edith
Signal server component does depend on AWS components eg. Dynamodb as is documented here: https://blog.iriyanto.com/self-deploy-the-latest-version-of-signal-server-v2025082200

@xengi @yawnbox @fedithom

Oct 20 at 9:07amWeb