schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWSwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1434arrow-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 days agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51866711 Signal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours 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-up0·9 hours ago@Natanael@infosec.pub @vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org this concept sounds familiar… What you are saying is create our own internet for messaging…
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours 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