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The 2022 review of Messaging Service Providers: Briar (dt.gl)

submitted 2 years ago by Decentralizer@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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In 2016, we started running the messenger review series on decentralize.today since we anticipated how significant they would become in the mix of communication options and the impact on privacy.

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[–] juh@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think the biggest advantage is also the biggest showstopper as people have to learn, that Briar does not always delivers messages in at once in some milliseconds. As the article says the messages are delivered to the next Briar node and stored until in can be handed forward. Even with internet access delivery can last several minutes. And I don't know how well Briars works if only few people use it.