By brennanhm on Skatehive
Earlier today, the private messenger Signal went down for millions of users as a result of a DNS issue at AWS (Amazon Web Services), highlighting Signal's dependence on third-party servers. In this post, we'll discuss the difference between Signal's security vs. availability, Elon Musk's favorite alternative, and the possibility of rolling out a decentralized version of Signal to prevent future outages. https://img.leopedia.io/DQmVC8QptRLH6ihHCsa67fpRmVT3ZeuXPLKeedKQ55zmAJZ/signal_image.png Privacy vs. Availability Although the hours-long outage prevented messages from reaching their recipients, user communications remained private and secure (end-to-end encrypted). Even so, Elon Musk tweeted that he no longer trusts Signal, as "[[the outage] means that AWS is in the loop and can take out Signal at any time](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1980342248069013766)". Elon took the opportunity to promote his company's version of private messaging - "X Chat", emphasizing that it doesn't rely on