This is a quick update about the status of Briar. Short version: the project is still active but we’re only making essential security updates and bugfixes for now. Long version: For several years we’ve been trying to find solutions to some of the longstanding issues with Briar, such as high battery usage and unreliable background operation on Android, missing features like account backup and file attachments, and a difficult user experience for adding contacts and communicating offline.

Briar is a chat application that keeps working even when the Internet is shut down by using Bluetooth and USB flash drives. Let's meet to set up Briar and test it during DWeb Camp.

It's the end of 2025 and digital authoritarianism becomes only ever more sophisticated. We want to use this opportunity to pause and reflect: how is the situation for citizens in different contexts around the world? What are people's actual needs?...

It's the end of 2025 and digital authoritarianism becomes only ever more sophisticated. We want to use this opportunity to pause and reflect: how is the situation for citizens in different contexts around the world? What are people's actual needs?...

Secure messaging, anywhere.