{"id":19679,"date":"2025-10-21T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/aws-outage-takes-down-signal-app-elon-musk-gives-three-reasons-to-use-x-chat-instead-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:15:14","slug":"aws-outage-takes-down-signal-app-elon-musk-gives-three-reasons-to-use-x-chat-instead-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/aws-outage-takes-down-signal-app-elon-musk-gives-three-reasons-to-use-x-chat-instead-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Outage Takes Down Signal App, Elon Musk Gives Three Reasons To Use X Chat Instead | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9649776\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 21, 2025, 15:34 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9649776\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-756196890 asubttl-schema\">The AWS outage affected Snapchat, Instagram, Canva and other services this week and Musk seems to have the ideal alternative.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bgorg\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-756196890 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AWS Outage took down Signal app for a few hours, Musk says use his X Chat app\" title=\"AWS Outage took down Signal app for a few hours, Musk says use his X Chat app\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-756196890\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AWS Outage took down Signal app for a few hours, Musk says use his X Chat app<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Amazon Web Services or AWS took a big chunk of the internet down on Monday which also resulted in apps like Snapchat, Instagram and Signal not working for many. However, Elon Musk-owned X is pitching its own X Chat messaging feature and assures users that any AWS outage will not affect its services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">X, formerly Twitter has become more than just a micro-blogging app these days and Musk is reminding people about its versatility that is also safe from internet outages but secure at the same time. X Chat has been in the testing phase for a while but it seems Musk and Co. are now confident about its usability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>Signal Down? Musk Says Use X Chat For These Reasons<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">We have usually heard people talk about WhatsApp and Signal as the more secure messaging apps in the market. But it seems Musk has crafted X Chat to work in a similar fashion, and also ensure it does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/amazon-confirms-aws-cloud-service-back-online-after-massive-global-outage-9648858.html\">rely on the AWS network to power its platforms<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><em>X Chat Features<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"listOncontentArticleUL\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\">End-to-end encryption <\/span><\/li>\n<li>Group chats and team collaborations supported<\/li>\n<li>Not relying on AWS network for operations<\/li>\n<li>No ads or hidden trackers<\/li>\n<li>Encryption offered on texts, file transfers and voice\/video calls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">More importantly, Musk and Co assure that just like WhatsApp and Signal, it will never read your messages or sell them for business reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">While these claims are quite good, the X Chat setup is not based on open-source protocols so third-party audits are not possible, which Signal is happy to allow. The other issue could be you need the X app to use the chat feature and it is not a standalone app which many have suggested Musk and his team works on and launches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">All of this advocacy from Musk comes on the back of a major AWS outage that meant big platforms were not accessible for a few hours. Signal seems to be relying on AWS to power its services but is claimed to be safe and all the data is encrypted, even from those over at Amazon. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"S Aadeetya\" title=\"S Aadeetya\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-756196890 atbtlink Location\"><span>Location :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Delhi, India, India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-756196890 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>October 21, 2025, 15:34 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-756196890 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/\">tech<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> AWS Outage Takes Down Signal App, Elon Musk Gives Three Reasons To Use X Chat Instead<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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