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> Other phones with Briar installed can carry your (encrypted) messages Sounds like an excellent target for DoS
by N2yhWNXQN3k9 2y ago
> Other phones with Briar installed can carry your (encrypted) messages
Sounds like an excellent target for DoS
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoDoS by local users on local networks? This is that thing where you solve the cryptography problem with the $5 wrench but only slightly different, right?
- N2yhWNXQN3k9 2y agoI haven't looked at the implementation. I was making an off the cuff comment to see if anyone had more information, but yes, ultimately I assume that you could mute an unwanted node with brute force? Or just move further away from it? I was thinking more you flood the "mail bag" of the "message carrier" and assume the implementation has a LRU eviction policy on said "mail bag".
- genewitch 2y agoSomeone not participating in briar or the DoS can use fing (android app) or a signal strength meter (handheld, I have 2, personally) to direction find and triangulate the person sending the traffic. Hence $5 lead pipe. and by "someone" i mean "any android cellphone"