• EmasXP@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    First time hearing about Briar. So it’s like Signal but can also be used via Bluetooth if close enough?

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      3 months ago

      Also, messages travel trough Tor, so you get P2P and identity. The coolest IM.

      The hardest too, because you should only add contacts verified face to face. (Technically you can add remote contacts but they’ll be marked as not fully trusted.)

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      3 months ago

      Sort of. Briar can do private messaging. However, Briar also supports Blogs and Forms. The neat part is that it is totally decentralized with traffic going over Bluetooth, WiFi and Tor. It is designed to communication in situations where an advanced adversary is targeting a group. It can be used a protests and such.

      The downside with Briar is that it requires that something is online always. You can setup a old phone as a mailbox but it is still inconvenient.