schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWSwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: signal@lemmy.blahaj.zoneprivacy@programming.devpulse_of_truthtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1420arrow-down1external-link‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWSwww.theverge.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square106linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: signal@lemmy.blahaj.zoneprivacy@programming.devpulse_of_truthtechnology@lemmy.zip
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51866711 Signal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.
minus-squareNatanaellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoCan’t really do that with volunteer nodes only in open networks. Reliable low latency anonymous connections require stable direct links between most nodes. Like you’d need a bunch of big universities to run it.
minus-squaremachenni@procial.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago@Natanael@infosec.pub @vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org this concept sounds familiar… What you are saying is create our own internet for messaging…
minus-squareNatanaellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWell, you could make your own overlay network, maybe make use of cjdns or something like it
Can’t really do that with volunteer nodes only in open networks. Reliable low latency anonymous connections require stable direct links between most nodes. Like you’d need a bunch of big universities to run it.
@Natanael@infosec.pub @vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org this concept sounds familiar…
What you are saying is create our own internet for messaging…
Well, you could make your own overlay network, maybe make use of cjdns or something like it