J B 13
Monday, March 10, 2025
"Your Briar account is stored encrypted only on your device.." Well, I loved the idea. I installed the app and started using it, but then comes the bummer! First, I was logged out of my Signal app as soon as I logged into the Briar app!!! I have no idea why this happened, but there must be some sort of conflicts between these two apps?!! Then, I noticed there is NO way to send voice messages in Forums or Blogs!!! Sorry, this is not going to work!
Artorius The'Bear 47
Thursday, February 22, 2024
The good: *I love that it works via Bluetooth. *Its fast and easy to add a friend with the QR code. *The Bluetooth connection has surprisingly long range! The bad: *It doesn't work via offline WiFi LAN. *you cant send pictures in groups. *you cant post pictures in forums. *you cant post pictures in blogs. *you cant react to specific images that have been sent.
A Google user 205
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Best Offline Messaging app!! The fact you can communicate through Bluetooth only really helps when service is bad in a friend group or on a cruise ship with family. The user interface is easy to use, and you can have multiple messages at once. I love that you can send emoji's and photos by Bluetooth only and or through wifi. It helped my friends and family stay connected during a cruise. I wish they added a walkie-talkie voice note feature but it's great so far.
Ron H (WESTCOAST RONNIE) 150
Thursday, October 1, 2020
This is probably one of the best messaging apps ever. I didn't even know a messaging app ever existed without using data . I installed this app into two phones and turned off Wi-Fi off for both of them and only left Bluetooth on. The app worked perfectly and no delayed text messages. I never knew that text messaging apps existed without ever having to use data or a Wi-Fi connection. I'm glad this technology exists because this would be very good in an emergency situations. Love this technology.
OCD Playlist Maker 125
Friday, January 29, 2021
Make SURE "connection method to Tor network is NOT set to "automatic based on location." There was an insane flood of random IP addresses that tried to access Briar (which I was able to see with Netguard) until I chose the other two options. Edit: It is still not secure with this setting. While random IP addresses are less common, I've seen two amazon.aws trackers. Where the heck did those come from? Edit: Thank you for the response. I'll leave this here for others Edited
Briar Project
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Thanks for your feedback. Those IP addresses are Tor relays. Briar uses the Tor network to connect to your contacts privately and securely (see https://2019.www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en). Some Tor relays are hosted on Amazon's cloud service, AWS. Briar does not use any trackers or connect to any IP addresses except the Tor network.
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