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Wow these features really emphasize how Briar is focused on an arab spring situation where the internet access is restricted.

The most common gripe about Briar is that it's not on iOS, but clearly there is nothing like Briar anywhere. Just too bad about the bluetooth thing. I don't see why it should leak your BT ID. That should definitely be an opt-in feature.

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iOS already has a built in feature with AirDrop. Everything except apps can be shared through it and it uses a local connection whenever possible.

Yeah but Briar communicates over Onion routing, good luck finding that in iOS.

The local communications are of course not onion routed, goes without saying. It's a whole little tookit of subversive communication, including some anonymous and some not.

You mean like this? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448

Lucky :P

Nice, another iOS Safari skin. This surely works as well and is as secure as the official Firefox-based Tor Browser.

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