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Briar Desktop 0.6.0-beta released - blogs

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-briar-desktop-0.6.0-released/

Published: August 31, 2023 12:00

We’re happy to announce that we were able to make another release for Briar desktop today. With version 0.6.0-beta, blogs are finally available on desktops, too. Follow this link to download the latest version: https://desktop.briarproject.org/ For more…

Briar Desktop 0.5.0-beta released - macOS support, private groups and Briar Mailbox

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-briar-desktop-0.5.0-released/

Published: June 29, 2023 12:00

The desktop team is excited to announce the next update to the Briar desktop client. The new version 0.5.0-beta brings support for private groups that complement private messaging and forums. Private groups were previously only available on Android…

Briar Mailbox released to improve connectivity

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-briar-mailbox-released/

Published: June 15, 2023 11:00

Press release The Briar Project released a new Android app called Briar Mailbox today. Briar Mailbox is a helper app for Briar messenger that lets you receive encrypted messages from your contacts while Briar is offline. Next time Briar comes online it…

Three security issues found and fixed

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-three-security-issues-found-and-fixed/

Published: May 24, 2023 11:00

In February of this year, security researchers at ETH Zürich notified us that they had found three security issues in the Briar app. Two of these issues were fixed in version 1.4.22 of Briar, which was released in February. The third issue was fixed in…

Researching Android's behavior during Internet shutdowns

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-simulating-internet-shutdowns/

Published: May 4, 2023 11:00

Background The Briar team is currently doing some research into the long-term evolution of the project. We have two main branches of research, which we refer to as “social mesh” and “public mesh” respectively. The social mesh part of our research is…

Briar Desktop 0.4.0-beta released - Windows support and forums

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-briar-desktop-0.4.0-released/

Published: January 31, 2023 12:00

Briar Desktop 0.4.0-beta for Linux and Windows including the first new feature: forums We are very happy to announce that we have accomplished two big goals! We just released a version of Briar Desktop for Windows so that roughly one year after our first…

Briar Desktop got another round of funding

https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-desktop-nlnet-funding/

Published: December 5, 2022 12:00

Briar Desktop got another round of funding So far, Briar is only available as an Android app, which is preventing some organizations that work in repressive environments from using it as a secure communications tool and considering it as a more secure…

Briar is available on Google Play again

https://briarproject.org/news/2022-briar-removed-from-google-play/

Published: February 28, 2022 13:20

Status update Update (February 28, 13:20 UTC): Briar is available on Google Play again. Briar was briefly removed from Google Play because we didn’t provide Google’s review team with a username and password for testing the app. We provided Google with a…

Briar 1.4 released - offline app sharing, message transfer via SD cards and USB sticks

https://briarproject.org/news/2021-briar-1.4-released/

Published: November 15, 2021 00:00

Press release The Briar Project released version 1.4 of its Android app today. This release adds a couple of new features, highlighted below. First of all, users can now share the app offline. Prior to this release, the only way to get the app was to to…

Briar 1.3 released - image attachments, profile images and disappearing messages

https://briarproject.org/news/2021-briar-1.3-released/

Published: June 7, 2021 00:00

Press release The Briar Project released version 1.3 of its Android app today. Thanks to support from eQualit.ie, this release adds several new features that have been requested by many users over the years. With today’s release, users can upload profile…

Briar 1.2 released, contacts can now be added by exchanging links

https://briarproject.org/news/2019-briar-1.2-released-remote-contacts/

Published: November 6, 2019 00:00

Press Release The Briar Project released version 1.2 of its Android app today. This release allows users to add each other securely by exchanging links. Previously users needed to meet in person or ask a mutual contact to introduce them. Most messenger…

Briar 1.1 released with dark theme, new emoji and more

https://briarproject.org/news/2018-briar-1.1-released/

Published: September 14, 2018 00:00

Press Release The Briar Project released version 1.1 of its Android app today. This release adds new features following the app’s first public release in May. Thanks to support from the Open Technology Fund, the new release has a dark theme designed by Ura…

Briar - Secure P2P Messenger Releases First Version, Receives New Funding

https://briarproject.org/news/2018-1.0-released-new-funding/

Published: May 9, 2018 00:00

Press Release The peer-to-peer messenger Briar released its first stable version today. It is available for Android devices from Google Play or F-Droid. This release follows a security audit and a 10 month public beta period during which many bugs were…

Briar - Darknet Messenger Releases Beta, Passes Security Audit

https://briarproject.org/news/2017-beta-released-security-audit/

Published: July 21, 2017 00:00

Press Release After extensive private beta tests, the first public beta of Briar was released today. Briar is a secure messaging app for Android. Unlike other popular apps, Briar does not require servers to work. It connects users directly using a…