Briar Messenger Review: As Private as It Gets. - Techlore
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Date: 2022-04-15
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Claudio
Why not use Jami? It's also decentralized, encrypted and cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android and even AndroidTV. You may sync your account between multiple devices, do video and audio calls, send video and audio files (any file, in fact, share location, etc. I'm not sure if it's possible to have group messasges, but I have just seen on their site that it's possible to do video conferencing. It does not integrate with Tor, but you may run it inside Orbot.
Power consumption was a bit of an issue with earlier versions, but current stable is pretty good on that side. I had to tweak the settings a bit for it to work.
It's also on F-Droid and google store.
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Why not use Jami? It's also decentralized, encrypted and cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android and even AndroidTV. You may sync your account between multiple devices, do video and audio calls, send video and audio files (any file, in fact, share location, etc. I'm not sure if it's possible to have group messasges, but I have just seen on their site that it's possible to do video conferencing. It does not integrate with Tor, but you may run it inside Orbot.
Power consumption was a bit of an issue with earlier versions, but current stable is pretty good on that side. I had to tweak the settings a bit for it to work.
It's also on F-Droid and google store.
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Joseph
Keeping in mind it uses TOR, ie, government surveillance is almost guaranteed by default. Despite TOR prophets beliefs, nodes are heavily controlled by government agencies and it's not at all impossible to connect in a way that allows a three letter organization to do as they wish. We'll never know how many nodes, but likely a vast majority. On it's own, not a great idea for someone facing oppressive regimes or first world governments. You'll need to tinker and do more to ensure privacy and security.
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Keeping in mind it uses TOR, ie, government surveillance is almost guaranteed by default. Despite TOR prophets beliefs, nodes are heavily controlled by government agencies and it's not at all impossible to connect in a way that allows a three letter organization to do as they wish. We'll never know how many nodes, but likely a vast majority. On it's own, not a great idea for someone facing oppressive regimes or first world governments. You'll need to tinker and do more to ensure privacy and security.
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JR
Good video thanks. I have been using the messaging program -Telegram- for about a week. It seems to work well so far. I am still checking it out. It is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed. It works on iPhone/iPad, Android, Windows Phone, PC/Mac/Linux and macOS. And it Free!
Techlore if you would, please check this out and see what you think from a security aspect.
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Good video thanks. I have been using the messaging program -Telegram- for about a week. It seems to work well so far. I am still checking it out. It is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed. It works on iPhone/iPad, Android, Windows Phone, PC/Mac/Linux and macOS. And it Free!
Techlore if you would, please check this out and see what you think from a security aspect.
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Micheal
Hey there, I have a question.
If I am using a VPN for example nord.
And I am using the briar app.
Does my ip address start from the nord VPN then threw tor.
Also there is an option for bridging and not bridging.
Should I bridge.
As it automatically chose not too.
And showed what country I was in.
While I was using a VPN.
Please explain.
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Hey there, I have a question.
If I am using a VPN for example nord.
And I am using the briar app.
Does my ip address start from the nord VPN then threw tor.
Also there is an option for bridging and not bridging.
Should I bridge.
As it automatically chose not too.
And showed what country I was in.
While I was using a VPN.
Please explain.
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Vishal
0: 45 Since there's no centralization, can I use the same account on my phone as I do do my desktop? If not, that would be a bummer; this is supported really well with Telegram. I wouldn't mind sync'ing the keys via QR code manually between the two devices, if that meant, I can access the same account via multiple devices.
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0: 45 Since there's no centralization, can I use the same account on my phone as I do do my desktop? If not, that would be a bummer; this is supported really well with Telegram. I wouldn't mind sync'ing the keys via QR code manually between the two devices, if that meant, I can access the same account via multiple devices.
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Kody
Briar is a great Messenging App if thats all you need it to be, any chance you'd ever be willing to check out Tok Messenger (tok. life) its similar to what BCM Messenger use to be in terms of anonymity & privacy
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Briar is a great Messenging App if thats all you need it to be, any chance you'd ever be willing to check out Tok Messenger (tok. life) its similar to what BCM Messenger use to be in terms of anonymity & privacy
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Satoshi
People with ios are like children in the privacy space, when they'll mature and become privacy conscious users they'll switch to an android anyway so i don't mind not having support for ios
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People with ios are like children in the privacy space, when they'll mature and become privacy conscious users they'll switch to an android anyway so i don't mind not having support for ios
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Rok
i tried this some time ago, when trying to connect over the links didnt work at all. after a few days it worked but very slowly. for only 1 contact we gave up.
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i tried this some time ago, when trying to connect over the links didnt work at all. after a few days it worked but very slowly. for only 1 contact we gave up.
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WhitePaperKat
but you still have to put your trust in tor rely nodes and how dose it work offline with tor unless it dose not use tor for direct connections
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but you still have to put your trust in tor rely nodes and how dose it work offline with tor unless it dose not use tor for direct connections
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itech
It'll be good for areas where you dont have service either, like secondary communications. granted, you need to be in bluetooth or wifi range.
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It'll be good for areas where you dont have service either, like secondary communications. granted, you need to be in bluetooth or wifi range.
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