• qprimed@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    love me some briar, but signal is a legitimately decent privacy focued app with serious mindshare, adoption and ux/ui features. I love them both, but unless the other person is a technophile, signal is my go to recommendation and briar remains my “secret club” app.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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        11 months ago

        My exact use case haha. Became invaluable when the internet was unavailable. Used my phone’s hotspot to create a wlan, then used it to communicate with those I needed to. Communicate internetlessly with your nearby groups, brought to you by Briar.

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          11 months ago

          So if Im at a music festival or something similar and I dont have phone service I can still just make a hotspot and send messages out through the hotspot signal?? Thats so awesome if Im understanding that correctly

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            7 months ago

            You would likely face another issue in that scenario: briar + hotspot draining your battery.

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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            11 months ago

            Only if those you’re sending to are also on the same hotspot signal. Basically, you’re creating a local wifi network, and Briar works over WLAN.