This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* Basic 2.0-alpha5 with faster UI feedback (no need for Developer mode)
* #keyboard in the news
* #aTalk brings #OMEMO 2 to #XMPP on #Android
* #Briar keeps Tor secure (no tricks)
* #CastLab w/ #FCast and more (no need to restart)
* #K9Mail #Thunderbird w/ avatars (after 7 days too)
* #LabCoat #Gitlab login
* #SessionMessenger help funding
+ 15 new apps
& 212 updates

You can read now: https://f-droid.org/2026/03/19/twif.html

One should not have to wait 24h for #FLOSS apps!

@tomjennings @hpk @delta

Thanks for reminding me about the binary sharing thing thats awesome. I also have to imagine that briar group chats will be quicker and more convenient to organise groups of people than ad hoc communication.

Ideally meshtastic should one day allow global communication; I've heard that a single low power radio node has kilometers of range

#FLOSS #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #E2EE #Briar #BriarProject #BriarMessenger #Meshtastic #Iran #Protest #InternetBlackout

@delta

In these situations Briar messenger https://briarproject.org is better because they have mesh networking using bluetooth and or wifi which can allow a crowd to communicate even when theres no internet

Meshtastic does something similar but requires custom lora radio nodes to have already been placed nearby

#PSA #FLOSS #Privacy #Anonymity #E2EE #Briar #BriarMessenger #Meshtastic

Are you coming to #39C3 this year? We'd love to see you there!

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/secure-offline-communications-whats-next

Edit: Find us on day 2 at 15:45 in the lovely @HouseOfTea.

#briar #mesh #p2p #meshtastic #qaul #bridgefy #tor #decentralization

@briar Is there any plans to add quantum resistant encryption? This is one of the main advantages simplex has for me over briar right now

#Briar #SimpleX #FLOSS #QuantumResistantEncryption #E2EE

We've just released a new version of Briar which comes with various improvements, among them better connectivity via Bluetooth, updated Tor and censorship circumvention, and improved usability with forums and blogs. Find it on either Google Play or F-Droid within the next days.

https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/changelog

#briar #tor #fdroid

Anyone have opinion on these...

➡️ #DeltaChat ❓ @delta / https://delta.chat/
➡️ #Session ❓ https://getsession.org/download
➡️ #xmpp ❓ @xmpp
➡️ #signal ❓ @signalapp
engages in #Shitcoin-#Scams (see #MobileCoin!) for no valid reason…?
➡️ #Matrix
➡️ #SimpleX,
➡️ #Zulip
➡️ #Mattermost
➡️ #Briar @briar ➡️ #Cwtch @cwtch
➡️ #IRC
➡️ #Quiet
➡️ #Jami
➡️ #Jitsi Meet ( ❤️⭐ my favourite) @jitsinews
➡️ Mumble
➡️ #MonoclesChat @monocles.social
➡️ #Linphone
➡️ #XMPP + #OMEMO)

#Encryption #Cypherpunk #E2EE
#InternetCalls #Calls #Privacy

[please boost also - Thanks
#FreeSchool]

Inform your friends and family about these tools.

#Briar ... https://briarproject.org

"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."

#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc

"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."

#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net

"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."

#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org

"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat

"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."

#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org

"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."

#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download

"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."

#I2P ... https://geti2p.net

"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."

#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/

"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."

#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan

"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."

#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app

"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."

#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech