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Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

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Re: Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

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Post by chatmasta »

captainmuon wrote: post #31

This looks interesting, but I wonder how safe it is in the stated use case of journalists, activists in an authoritarian country. It can use Tor, which hides whom you are communicating with, but the fact that you are using Tor sticks out like a red thumb. The authorities probably just have to flip a switch to put you under closer surveillance if they see you use Tor. Or they'll just send someone to your registered ad…

What you're describing already exists, obfsproxy. Unless I'm misunderstanding your proposal.

Re: Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

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Post by joshschreuder »

andrepd wrote: post #54
softwarelimits wrote: post #47

"Darknet" is a brainwashing propaganda term. Please do not use it, thanks.

Elaborate, or refrain from posting messages like that.

It is a term used by media and seen by general public when talking about many unethical or illegal things like child pornography and drug marketplaces, so perhaps not the best thing to associate with in your marketing material.

Re: Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

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Post by goapunk »

tptacek wrote: post #22

It's ironic that this update plays up how Briar "hides metadata" when the audit found that the application deanonymizes its users by exposing DNS lookups during RSS updates.

That's the reason the audit was made before the public release of the beta. The bug is fixed in the public beta ;)

Re: Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

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Post by grote »

tptacek wrote: post #22

It's ironic that this update plays up how Briar "hides metadata" when the audit found that the application deanonymizes its users by exposing DNS lookups during RSS updates.

The article says: "All the issues found by the audit have been addressed in this beta release."

Re: Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

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Post by mxuribe »

Wow, i had never heard of this project. I'm very much a fan of matrix protocol, and associated riot app...but - besides differences in protocol - I really like the addition of blog posting and rss feed reading. I mean, this could sort of take off, and become the new basis for social interaction - besides just "texting" securely with your contacts. I wish somehow both makers of briar and matrix combined superpowers to combine the perfect, unified stack!

Side note: Is there a way to export (basically archive offline) the content; to be clear only one's content, not someone else's? I'd hate to have some important messages lost if I were to lose my phone. Not saying i want a central server...simply some method to archive my own stuff for safe keeping - encrypted of course.

Otherwise, briar seems really awesome!

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