1w ago

Briar - a social messaging application without central servers

Secure messaging, anywhere - Briar

In my opinion this is the best messager for democracy. For receiving messages while offline you can use Briar mailboxes. I would highly recommend this over many other messagers.

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I appreciate how light the Briar app is compared to SimpleX. I like the buetooth connectivity to exchange messages without an internet connection, I've used the bluetooth connection before. I strongly dislike that Briar uses the same ID with everywhere contact, but I can live with it. SimpleX can generate new ID for each new contact that you send a message so that you never appear the same with any 2 users.
- I think the same username is needed for the trust system.
  
  Since Briar can scan each other's QR code to add a contact, why do you say using the same name with different people make it more trustworthy when you ID can then be recorded or tracked and start to form a web of linking contacts together of who knows who?

I think you meant to say without central servers
- Good catch

How does it compare to Matrix?
- It’s much more private with less reach and convenience .
- All Matrix activity is recorded permanently on servers. Yes, encrypted, but maintain a permanent copy.
  
  I have my own server, which everyone I know uses, including the WUI.
  Fuck central servers.
- They are two different things with two different goals

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