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Comment by N2yhWNXQN3k9

4 months ago

> Other phones with Briar installed can carry your (encrypted) messages

Sounds like an excellent target for DoS

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AnthonyMouse  4 months ago

DoS by local users on local networks? This is that thing where you solve the cryptography problem with the $5 wrench but only slightly different, right?

  • N2yhWNXQN3k9  4 months ago

    I haven't looked at the implementation. I was making an off the cuff comment to see if anyone had more information, but yes, ultimately I assume that you could mute an unwanted node with brute force? Or just move further away from it?

    I was thinking more you flood the "mail bag" of the "message carrier" and assume the implementation has a LRU eviction policy on said "mail bag".

genewitch  4 months ago

Someone not participating in briar or the DoS can use fing (android app) or a signal strength meter (handheld, I have 2, personally) to direction find and triangulate the person sending the traffic. Hence $5 lead pipe.

and by "someone" i mean "any android cellphone"