.@BriarApp definitely deserves more attention from the research community. They are trying to do something quite challenging with secure ad hoc messaging.
The report of the security researchers at @ETH_en is available here: ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/spe… (PDF)
"These claims, if true, would mean that Briar offers a higher level of security than almost all existing messaging applications."
Found a cool way to repurpose some old tech, side loaded an old version of @BriarApp to run on my ancient q10 to make it a secure mobile messenger and it works pretty well paired with a battery powered travel router it's a neat little package #comms#secure#mobile#offgrid