There isn’t really another choice: Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS

a year ago by Blaze to c/privacy

Signal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.
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bobr 25 points a year ago

You don't understand, we NEED to be on AWS, there isn't really another choice.

You don't understand, we NEED to have your phone number in our private messenger.

You don't understand, we CAN'T be on f-droid.

You don't understand, we MUST have centralized servers, federation CANNOT work.

Did I miss anything?

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bobr 1 point a year ago

Yep.

Either this or Matrix, XMPP or even IRC. Anything but Signal basically.

Yet Signal is what people here usually recommend :/ I don't even want to argue with them anymore.

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