> Briar at least used to be very strict about how you established contacts, so, for example, to add a contact you had to have them physically in your presence a

> Briar at least used to be very strict about how you established contacts, so, for example, to add a contact you had to have them physically in your presence and exchange QR codes on your phone. This has indeed changed, it is possible to exchange briar:// links over another channel and add contacts without physical presence. > It also probably makes it more feasible to treat the desktop instance as a sort of "permanent on" server I agree, and this might be one step towards solving the "using one briar key on two devices" problem by making the pc authoritative. https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/FAQ#can-i-use-the-same-account-with-several-devices https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/FAQ#can-i-... > although I have it on my phone, I haven't actually used it in some time Me too. None of my friends/family would be interested in using Briar, but it's too cool for me to not keep it installed. I like reading the update notes and seeing it progress.