[outages] Signal messager outage

[Musee Ullah]

Signal tweeted about half an hour ago:

https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350118809860886528

https://status.signal.org/

On 1/15/21 10:48 AM, Steve Rieger via Outages wrote:
> Can confirm. Mobile and desktop versions affected 
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> Just a FYI that Signal messenger is experiencing experiencing an
> outage at the moment with lots of messages not going through or being
> delayed for a long time.  Likely culprit is its sudden spike in
> popularity due to some high profile people tweeting about it and a
> large crowd of anti-government rabble looking for an app they can use
> that won't/can't censor their communications.  
>
> https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/01/15/signal-interference-messaging-app-struggling-with-downtime-in-wake-of-newfound-popularity/
> <https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/01/15/signal-interference-messaging-app-struggling-with-downtime-in-wake-of-newfound-popularity/>
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> -Ryan McGinnis
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