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

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

Update: 2025-10-27
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When Amazon Web Services went down, so did Signal, and Elon Musk was quick to criticize. But Signal's president, Meredith Whittaker, fired back, revealing the shocking truth about the internet: just a few giants control almost everything. Is our digital world too reliant on Amazon, Microsoft, and Google? Find out why even privacy-focused apps like Signal have no real alternative and what this means for the future of the internet.

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

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