Likewise, you can send encrypted messages to contacts who are offline, and the messages will be delivered automatically when your contacts come online.
Likewise, you can send encrypted messages to contacts who are offline, and the messages will be delivered automatically when your contacts come online.
I hadn’t heard of Briar before. How is it? It looks like it works with local mesh networking when an internet connection isn’t available. Does that work well? Ad-hoc meshes are my favorite feature from the devices in The Expanse book series. Ever since I read those I’ve been hoping to see something similar working on real phones on a robust, just-works kinda way.
It works great, but it’s probably not the app for everyday use. It syncs via Tor, and if the internet is down, it syncs via WiFi or Bluetooth which means you can communicate even when natural disasters destroyed the infrastructur or in war-torn areas. For these special use cases of journalists, activists or humanitarian aid workers its perfect.