The popular messaging app Signal is currently experiencing server issues as reported by multiple user on X (formerly Twitter) and multiple sites such as downdetector.com .
So far no statement from Signal themselves, and their status website https://status.signal.org reports “Signal is up and running”
14 Comments
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y
Status page now.
uin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Seems like everything is back to normal, at least from what I can tell on my end and a lot of other users’ reports.
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Facebook engineers got mad they went down and decided to ddos the internet so they wouldn't look bad.
0x0@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
Probably due to users trying to grab their username.
Plopp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I don't know... Usernames are paired with numbers, so they shouldn't be all that exclusive and hence it shouldn't trigger an avalanche of people rushing to get the username they desire.
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I thought the goal of the username was to also have the ability to use Signal without any phone number at all
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Nope, you still need a phone number. You just don't need to give the phone number out to contacts you want to talk with and can instead use the username.
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Ah yes, I see that now by ready the blog post more carefully.
0x0@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
They are paired and, I think, exclusive (albeit with random numbers attached at the end so maybe meh).
Who knows... session seems interesting.
01011@monero.town · 4 pts · 2y
They still have issues registering new users. There's a recaptcha loop problem.
retrieval4558@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
I was having A LOT of issues with it earlier this evening but it seems to be back to normal now
muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 2y
Maybe signal should allow federation but they dont like that idea.
Vlyn@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 2y
I'd prefer if my private messages wouldn't be made public, thank you.
Sure, they are end to end encrypted, but giving everyone access to them is still dangerous.
muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
A message would not be going to everyone it would exist on your homeserver and the homeserver of whoever your messaging. Second your private messages would not be public u said it yourself its called encryption if u dont trust the encryption no point using signal in the first place. Third even if it made everything public the only meta data would be that u received a mesaage from someone at time xyz (not who just someone) look at sealed sender for more info on this.