#signal

#signal

"The problem here is not that Signal 'chose' to run on AWS," Whittaker writes in a series of posts on Bluesky. "The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn't really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players." "The question isn't 'why does Signal use AWS?'" Whittaker writes. "It's to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there's no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers."

Last week, the privacy-focused messaging service Signal was temporarily shut down when Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage. This led to criticism of Signal's use of such a dominant provider as AWS.

All messages on the messaging platform Signal and any app that can interface with Signal or otherwise borrow its technology sent or received by U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan regarding government business . American Oversight requests that all images, videos, audio recordings, or other attachments regarding official government business shared via Signal, including any app that can interface with Signal or otherwise borrow its technology , be produced in response to this request.

In July 2006, I accepted a job offer at Google that brought me into tech after an arts and humanities education. I climbed the ladder at Google to found Google's Open Research Group, working on issues related to measurement, privacy, and AI. In 2016, I cofounded the AI Now Research Institute at NYU, the first university-based research institute to examine broader social and political economic considerations surrounding AI.

Encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a free storage system for its users, with extra space if folks are willing to pay for it. The company will gift all users 100MB of free storage for images, video, GIFs and other media from the prior 45 days of use. Signal users can choose to delete their messages after a set period. The new storage feature is opt-in to preserve that preference.

Mike Waltz's use of the hacked TeleMessage app highlights significant vulnerabilities in the security of government communications and raises questions about their overall privacy.

Sources tell The Wall Street Journal that the Defense secretary took part in at least a dozen chats in the app, many of which were started by Hegseth himself. According to the Journal, Hegseth used the chats to discuss his schedule, foreign travel, and media appearances.

Waltz's nomination to UN Ambassador comes after a notable Signal controversy during his tenure as national security advisor, highlighting ongoing communication challenges in the administration.

Hegseth pushed back on claims that he shared military plans via private channels, asserting they were informal and unclassified, despite strong contrary opinions from military experts.