Comment on ‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks agous-east-1 went down. Problem is that IAM services all run through that DC. Any code relying on an IAM role would not be able to authenticate.
I didn’t hardly touch AWS at my last job, but listening to my teammates and seeing their code led me to believe IAM is used everywhere.
amzd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How is that even legal, I thought there were data export laws in the eu
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nothing to do with moving data. But you can’t move data without authentication.
I want my service to do a $thing. It won’t do $thing without knowing who I am and what permissions I have. The data doesn’t have to cross borders, the service simply needs to function.
Does that make sense? As I said, didn’t do much in AWS, but the principles are sound.