giphyman

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by giphyman 4y ago
in beta still but https://briarproject.org/download-briar-desktop/ is worth a look
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by giphyman 4y ago
Are you able to get messaging working on Windows? Their website says they only support linux currently.
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by giphyman 4y ago
I responded to a similar question in the recent Briar thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33686094#33692201
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by giphyman 4y ago
The desktop app is currently in development: https://briarproject.org/download-briar-desktop/
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by giphyman 4y ago
A Briar user can either create a new forum, or get invited via a Briar contact that is already in an existing forum. There's some more info on this topic in Briar's user manual if you're interested: https://briarpr
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by giphyman 4y ago
They are working on a mailbox app to offload the constant background tor processes which use a lot of the battery life: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-mailbox
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by giphyman 4y ago
Briar uses a rendevouz system for adding contacts over the internet: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-spec/blob/master/p... And a 2-party QR code protocol for adding contacts in person: https:&
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by giphyman 4y ago
There is a WIP desktop client which is targeting linux phones: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop#design-goa...
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by giphyman 5y ago
briar is built on a p2p syncing protocol called bramble, you can read more here: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/A-Quick-Ov...
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by giphyman 5y ago
it looks like briar is already working on that buffer node concept: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-mailbox
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by giphyman 5y ago
Their website has a press page with some reviews and presentations: https://briarproject.org/press/
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by giphyman 5y ago
Briar is actually built on a library called Bramble that can be used for offline-first p2p data syncing. There was recently a good talk by a Briar Dev going deeper into the Bramble protocol: https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/posts
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by giphyman 5y ago
I found the code repository for Briar desktop port: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop