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Has anyone used briar ? (lemmy.today)

submitted 6 months ago by THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Is it safe ? Does it do everything it says it do ? If so how is it popular yet ? Like does it have any catches or something ?https://f-droid.org/packages/org.briarproject.briar.android/

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

Solid choice as long as you don't mind the trade offs. If you are actually going to use it setup a mailbox.

Honestly Briar feels more like a social media app that a encrypted messager.