For the first time I had to go on Gemini to find some information cause I couldn't find anything relevant on the WWW space... Specifically I was looking for info for Briar and Tox, and I got a nice overview on Briar! 👍👍👍

2 years ago · 👍 melyanna, lykso, userfxnet, moddedbear, beetledjuice, tm85, eph, bitdweller, mathpunk, _crusom_

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fair enough if it's not for you. thinking about it how is there not something similar based on a self hosted wireguard setup? · 2 years ago

I've been finding it harder and harder to find anything I'm looking for on the web, honestly. I've taken to using web search engines as a last resort. · 2 years ago

@gritty Tox has a lot of cool features... The P2P philosophy has been so attacked that stopped to be the first requirement for anything that needs privacy and reliability on the Internet... · 2 years ago

@drh3xx thanks for the heads up... As an alternative messaging app I'd like to use something that doesn't rely on any server. Servers are a point of failure and can be brought down even though they are totally safe. · 2 years ago

used tox once. I don't know anyone on it. · 2 years ago

I like the security of Briar but I feel it would be hard to get friends to pick it up. Have you looked into SimpleX? · 2 years ago