• gribodyr@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Hmm, could you elaborate on this? What was your exact use case for Briar, how did it help solve it, and what were the challenges?

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      We were with several other groups and had no internet, but needed to communicate through text. Briar filled the gap with its ability to communicate internetlessly through a local network (as long as the others are on the same network). Creating a hotspot with one phone and connecting the others makes a wlan with your group inside. Could you tell me what I’m missing from my explanations? I’d be happy to elaborate further if I knew.

      • gribodyr@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I don’t have any real experience with Briar, so I wanted to learn more. How far were able to spread apart and it still worked? How many of you were a part of the group?

        • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          We were only 4 and stayed pretty close together, but there were a bunch of people around, so we needed text communication. My phone can only handle 5 connected devices throughout about a 250ft unhindered radius (100ft realistically), but if you had a real wifi network, you could add a lot more people and spread out much further.

          E: we did have a member drop off several times because he was beyond the threshold, but he automatically reconnected when he got close enough.