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I don't feel comfortable trusting a new "secure" messaging platform or interested in doing the work to dig through the sources to see if it's legit or not combi
by ddtaylor 5y ago
I don't feel comfortable trusting a new "secure" messaging platform or interested in doing the work to dig through the sources to see if it's legit or not combined with the fact that I don't even know if the source they provide generates the same binary they distribute to many.
Just use Matrix instead.
- sprash 5y ago> Just use Matrix instead. No just don't. Matrix exposes metadata to every connected server.
- Arathorn 5y agono, Matrix exposes metadata to only the servers whose users are talking together.
- joshuaissac 5y agoBriar is older than Matrix. It has been around since at least mid-2012, whereas Matrix is from 2014. Disclosure: I was an intern for them in mid-2012.
- ddtaylor 5y agoThanks that's really interesting. Does Briar have multiple client implementations like a documented protocol or something too?
- giphyman 5y agobriar is built on a p2p syncing protocol called bramble, you can read more here: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/A-Quick-Overview-of-the-Protocol-Stack https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/A-Quick-Ov...
- mab122 5y agoBriar is p2p/offgridy/meshnety and Matrix is federated, always on internet connected.
- nerdponx 5y agoSo Briar messages are sent directly peer-to-peer? That's pretty cool. How does it work? There is a graphic on the website that suggests it uses Tor.
- rubyist5eva 5y ago> combined with the fact that I don't even know if the source they provide generates the same binary they distribute to many. builds are reproducible