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ddtayloryesterday at 9:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

My Session and Briar chats don't give out the phone numbers of other users.


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overfeedyesterday at 9:46 PM

Yes, but they have their own weaknesses. For instance, Briar exposes your Bluetooth MAC, and there's a bunch of nasty Bluetooth vulns waiting to be exploited. You can't ever perfectly solve for both security and usability, you can only make tradeoffs.

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lynndotpyyesterday at 11:35 PM

Neither does Signal.

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