Darknet Messenger Briar Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

Post by goapunker » Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 2:59 PM UTC

Tepix wrote: post #34

It's not yet available via F-Droid… is it planned?

Post by maneesh » Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 3:45 PM UTC

softwarelimits wrote: post #47

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

Post by Angostura » Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 3:59 PM UTC

freshhawk wrote: post #7

kobeya wrote: post #2

Feedback: darknet has come to mean places where you go buy drugs online, not p2p applications generally.

Does it? I know it has that meaning on the evening news, but even on network television it means something like "the secret internet where crazy stuff is". I mostly hear it used to mean what it is supposed to mean, but that is rarely from non-technical people.

Post by Angostura » Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 4:36 PM UTC

PaulAJ wrote: post #67

Angostura wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Difficult to know in this context - what meaning do you think they weed trying to convey, assuming that “designed for illegal use” wasn't it.

How about "secure against spying by governments and criminals".

Post by leshow » Sat, Jul 22, 2017, 4:54 PM UTC

lucaspiller wrote: post #25

the8472 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could also see it the other way around, your application is not secure enough if terrorists, dissidents, drug dealers, whistleblowers and child pornographers don't feel confident to use it. Look at Tor.

From an ethical point of view building this software must be difficult. On one hand you are building something that advances technology and could be used to help free people from an oppressive government, on the other hand you are also building something that could be used (and if it works most likely will be used) to aid acts that we all agree are morally wrong.