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"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps (www.techradar.com)
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Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable. Element explains to TechRadar why we do need decentralized apps more than ever.

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 15 points 2 months ago

But it still needs a lot of work.

And that’s why folks use Signal.

It’s the most accessible privacy-friendly option. IMO we should be pushing for both things. Signal to implement decentralized infrastructure and at the same time improve existing apps like Matrix.