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		BeefWellington on May 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happens if Twitter gets encrypted DMs? How does Session differ from Briar?

betwixthewires on May 9, 2022 [–]

Not who you're asking, on a technical aspect, briar is p2p so the recipient must be online in order to send them a message, there's no server to queue and send the message when the recipient comes online. This affects UX quite a bit as well.

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