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Signal outage is keeping messages from sending

29 points by ismailegilmez 6y ago

leipert 6y ago
Large discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25793483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25793483 Please remember that they are non-profit and consider to donate: https://signal.org/donate/ https://signal.org/donate/
lrvick 6y ago
Remember this is a centralized service, and all centralized services are doomed to fail for short periods or forever. If you believe control of the world's communications should be open and distributed, I suggest supporting Matrix instead.
- 7v3x3n3sem9vv 6y ago
  It would be more accurate to state that *all services are doomed to fail for short periods of forever* which ultimately means nothing. Everything will fail at some point, even your chosen decentralized service. I do agree that decentralized is the way forward, but there's no way I'd ever ask my grandma to install Matrix. Matrix is a Discord/IRC replacement - a significantly better alternative! But let's not delude ourselves into thinking it's going to replace text/SMS, which is the primary use case for WhatsApp/Signal. I can send my grandma a link to Signal, and she would be able to get it working, and I'm already in her contacts! There's no way I'd attempt the same with Matrix/Riot/Element/Fluffy chat.
seba_dos1 6y ago
Maybe the ecosystem was moving too fast.
bjoli 6y ago
Are you guys still experiencing trouble? I have had zero issues since this morning (central European time). There might be some delays that are longer than usual, but never longer than say 4-5 seconds.
- akvadrako 6y ago
  Yes, I'm still getting messages that don't decrypt properly sometimes.
- ajma 6y ago
  I have friends still running into problems. They received my message but they had to reply to me in whatsapp
enraged_camel 6y ago
Anyone have good experience with their desktop client? I downloaded it and linked it, but it is refusing to import my contact list. Seems very janky overall (crashed twice in 10 mins).
- sjagoe 6y ago
  I use it without any trouble on Linux and Windows.
- fitblipper 6y ago
  I use it without trouble on mac, windows, and linux. If you are having trouble today or yesterday it might be related to the outage.
easyas101110110 6y ago
Seems working now.

29 points by ismailegilmez 6y ago

Large discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25793483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25793483 Please remember that they are non-profit and consider to donate: https://signal.org/donate/ https://signal.org/donate/

lrvick 6y ago

Remember this is a centralized service, and all centralized services are doomed to fail for short periods or forever. If you believe control of the world's communications should be open and distributed, I suggest supporting Matrix instead.

7v3x3n3sem9vv 6y ago
It would be more accurate to state that *all services are doomed to fail for short periods of forever* which ultimately means nothing. Everything will fail at some point, even your chosen decentralized service. I do agree that decentralized is the way forward, but there's no way I'd ever ask my grandma to install Matrix. Matrix is a Discord/IRC replacement - a significantly better alternative! But let's not delude ourselves into thinking it's going to replace text/SMS, which is the primary use case for WhatsApp/Signal. I can send my grandma a link to Signal, and she would be able to get it working, and I'm already in her contacts! There's no way I'd attempt the same with Matrix/Riot/Element/Fluffy chat.

seba_dos1 6y ago

Maybe the ecosystem was moving too fast.

bjoli 6y ago

Are you guys still experiencing trouble? I have had zero issues since this morning (central European time). There might be some delays that are longer than usual, but never longer than say 4-5 seconds.

akvadrako 6y ago
Yes, I'm still getting messages that don't decrypt properly sometimes.
ajma 6y ago
I have friends still running into problems. They received my message but they had to reply to me in whatsapp

enraged_camel 6y ago

Anyone have good experience with their desktop client? I downloaded it and linked it, but it is refusing to import my contact list. Seems very janky overall (crashed twice in 10 mins).

sjagoe 6y ago
I use it without any trouble on Linux and Windows.
fitblipper 6y ago
I use it without trouble on mac, windows, and linux. If you are having trouble today or yesterday it might be related to the outage.

easyas101110110 6y ago

Seems working now.