Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS — saying there’s no real alternative.
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Signal Chief Defends AWS Reliance
‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS Signal president Meredith Whittaker says there simply “isn’t really another choice” when it comes to cloud infrastructure. After a major AWS outage took Signal offline last week, Whittaker defended the app’s reliance on Amazon Web Services (AWS) , pointing to the concentration of power in the tech industry. Image : Google AWS outage sparks debate over Signal’s infrastructure choices Following the AWS outage, which affected several major platforms, Elon Musk criticized Signal for depending on big tech infrastructure. But Whittaker pushed back, saying “There isn’t really another choice: Signal relies on AWS” because of the limited options available in today’s cloud ecosystem. In a post on Bluesky, Whittaker clarified that Signal didn’t choose AWS for convenience — it’s simply the only practical option. “The problem here is not that Signal chose to run on AWS,” she explained. “The problem is th…
