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‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51866711

Signal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.

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[–] 15 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

us-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. Think of it as a username in a Windows domain. IAM encompasses all that you are allowed to view, change, launch, etc.

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.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    How is that even legal, I thought there were data export laws in the eu

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months 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.

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