Comment on ‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 week agoRight, OK, but Signal sustains itself on charity.
Comment on ‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 week agoRight, OK, but Signal sustains itself on charity.
NGram@piefed.ca 1 week ago
I don’t think that’s necessarily incompatible with what I suggested. They could just leave the backup servers offline until they’re actually needed which shouldn’t cost them anything (or at least not much; some cloud providers charge for a VM’s storage usage regardless).
Assuming that Signal’s servers were designed by competent engineers, the engineering cost to make a change like this shouldn’t be that bad. Though judging by Whittaker’s comments, that may be a bad assumption.