Notices by briar@fosstodon.org

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/

Today, we officially released Briar Mailbox to improve connectivity between peers: https://briarproject.org/news/2023-briar-mailbox-released/

Researching Android's behavior during Internet shutdowns
“social mesh” and “public mesh”
https://briarproject.org/news/2023-simulating-internet-shutdowns/

Third party video: How to keep communicating with no internet using Briar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzJrd0Doz0M

Briar 1.4.15 for Android has been released: Trying to improve connectivity in Iran and China. https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/changelog

A new design idea for Briar desktop made by @paul_lorenc.

What do you think of it?

More of Paul's new design idea for Briar desktop you can access here:
https://github.com/paul-lorenc/briar-desktop-ui-concept

Briar for Desktop 0.3.0-beta is out! 🎉
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RT @topobyte
Briar Desktop 0.3.0-beta has been released with support for visual and sound notifications to inform you about new messages. Also language support for Georgian and Norwegian Bokmål has been added.
Download the latest version here: https://briarproject.org/download-briar-desktop/
https://twitter.com/topobyte/status/1575883948076695552

Briar 1.4.12 for Android has been released: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/changelog#anchor-1412
This version should work better in places where @torproject is blocked.

Briar 1.4.7 got released and is already available at @fdroidorg

Changelog:
https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/commits/release-1.4.7
- Update translations
- Fix crashes when opening or saving files
- Fix a crash when launching the app
- Fix a crash when reopening the app after using removable drives
- Fix two bugs affecting connectivity via Tor

"On May 6th, the Iranian government imposed the second internet shutdown in 12 months in the province of Khuzestan in an apparent response to protests against possible rising bread prices and rationing."
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"In the past, FilterWatch has observed a similar pattern of preferential treatment and tiered access in which institutions including banks, news agencies, police stations and government offices alike have remained connected while regular Iranian users, who use the same ISPs, lose access. "

Internet Shutdown in #Khuzestan and Nationwide (#Iran) Throttling in Response to Protests
https://filter.watch/en/2022/05/09/internet-shutdown-in-khuzestan-and-nationwide-throttling-in-response-to-bread-protests/

Briar for Desktop version 0.2.1-beta was released It contains visual improvements, language updates and support for Catalan: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop/-/wikis/Changelog#021-beta

Download the latest version here: https://briarproject.org/download-briar-desktop/

while EU is drafting a new law for #chatcontrol,
Briar remains p2p, protects your social graph by using Tor by default and uses e2ee (end to end encryption) for every message by default.
Learn more about Briar:
https://briarproject.org/

Unfortunate #Briar is currently only available for #android.

A desktop client is in an active development and a beta version is already available for testing.
get Briar Desktop beta:
https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop

A very first impression of the upcoming "Briar Mailbox".

Briar mailbox allow you to chat without the need to be online at the same time.
This has been a requested feature by many of you.

Here's a short video presenting you the onboarding experience.
Work in progress.

Your feedback is highly appreciated.
The development you can follow here:
https://code.briarproject.org/groups/briar/-/milestones/8

If flatpak is your thing, you can install Briar Desktop (beta) with:
flatpak install flathub org.briarproject.Briar

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.briarproject.Briar

It’s time to say goodbye to Briar GTK! 👋 https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/posts/2022/adios-briar-gtk/

First steps (русский) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUSHNmjRTqU

We released version 1.4.3 (alpha release) primarily for helping users in Russia connect to Tor.
https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/changelog#143-alpha-release

Please test, especially if you're in Russia, APK: https://briarproject.org/apk/briar-1.4.3.apk

Early prototype of new Briar Desktop app running on MacOS.

¿Estás interesada en entender mejor cómo funciona Briar, pero no hablas suficientemente bien el inglés para entender la charla sobre Briar hace unas semanas? No te preocupes, tenemos subtítulos en español para ti ahora: https://nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/es/posts/2021/diving-at-xmpp/