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This has released tags since back to July 2025. Does anyone know if it's being actively used to exfiltrate news from Iran right now? (if someone's been living u
by j1elo 9mo ago
This has released tags since back to July 2025. Does anyone know if it's being actively used to exfiltrate news from Iran right now? (if someone's been living under a rock: [1][2])
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46667491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46667491
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384
- budududuroiu 9mo agoNot sure about bitchat, but Briar is being used in Iran right now. https://byteiota.com/briar-offline-mesh-when-internet-shutdowns-cut-85m-off/ https://byteiota.com/briar-offline-mesh-when-internet-shutdo... Tbf, if my government would be out to kill me for protesting, I'd use something that at least was security audited. Not to shit on bitchat, I haven't audited the code personally.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> Briar is being used in Iran right now Do we have evidence of this? The only concrete claim made in that post is that Briar 'hit 252 points on Hacker News," which is orthogonal to if it's actually being used.
- budududuroiu 9mo agoGood call, I'd also like to know if this is actually true
- throwaway758439 9mo agoLiving under the rock of meaningless political theater is not great [1] [1] Washington’s War on Iran: The Importance of Defending Information Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJm4zwZZHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJm4zwZZHY