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Meredith Whittaker

@meredithmeredith
8 posts
2025-10-28
The question isn't “why does Signal use AWS?”  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.  3/
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The Verge

After AWS's major outage, Signal's Meredith Whittaker says there “isn't really another choice” but to use AWS and “the entire stack” is “owned by 3-4 players”

Meredith Whittaker is using the AWS outage as an opportunity to highlight the 'concentration … Bluesky: @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , and @meredithmer...

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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS.  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.  11/
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The Verge

After AWS's major outage, Signal's Meredith Whittaker says there “isn't really another choice” but to use AWS and “the entire stack” is “owned by 3-4 players”

Meredith Whittaker is using the AWS outage as an opportunity to highlight the 'concentration … Bluesky: @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , and @meredithmer...

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📣THREAD: It's surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you-not AWS, not Signal, not anyone-can access your comms).  —  It's also concerning.  1/ [embedded post]
2025-10-28 View on X
The Verge

After AWS's major outage, Signal's Meredith Whittaker says there “isn't really another choice” but to use AWS and “the entire stack” is “owned by 3-4 players”

Meredith Whittaker is using the AWS outage as an opportunity to highlight the 'concentration … Bluesky: @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , and @meredithmer...

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Concerning, bc it indicates that the extent of the concentration of power in the hands of a few hyperscalers is way less widely understood than I'd assumed.  Which bodes poorly for our ability to craft reality-based strategies capable of contesting this concentration & solving the real problem.  2/
2025-10-28 View on X
The Verge

After AWS's major outage, Signal's Meredith Whittaker says there “isn't really another choice” but to use AWS and “the entire stack” is “owned by 3-4 players”

Meredith Whittaker is using the AWS outage as an opportunity to highlight the 'concentration … Bluesky: @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , @meredithmeredith , and @meredithmer...

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2025-09-09
*For Android beta users.  Soon, for everyone ❤️
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TechCrunch

Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the past 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month

Location of your choosing is coming later.  As well as cross-platform support.  —  signal.org/blog/introdu... Meredith Whittaker / @meredithmeredith : *For Android beta users.  Soo...

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2025-06-17
Use Signal.  We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does.  <3 [image]
2025-06-17 View on X
New York Times

WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and Meta will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats

here's where you'll see them (and where you won't) Capital Brief : Meta to roll out ads on WhatsApp and offer paid subscriptions Katie Hicks / Marketing Brew : Ads are coming to Wh...

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2025-05-22
📣 The rush to add AI into everything is a big threat to privacy, as we've been saying.  —  MS Recall's screenshotting everything is a (not) great example of exactly why.  —  So, Signal took steps to protect everyone using Signal on Windows 11 from Recall's privacy invasion.👇 …
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Ars Technica

Signal says its desktop app will block Windows from taking screenshots of it by default due to Recall's privacy risks; users can enable screenshots in settings

Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall …

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2024-12-27
Complete knowledge of the full majesty of universal creation in all its divine facets is when I own an island.  [embedded post]
2024-12-27 View on X
The Information

An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits

Finally, a verifiable, numbers-based description of artificial general intelligence has arrived!

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