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For example, Briar shares your Bluetooth address with your contacts so they can connect to you via Bluetooth when they're nearby. Your contacts could use this information to confirm a guess about your identity. Your Bluetooth address is shared even if you add a contact remotely by exchanging `briar://` links.
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Other device information shared with contacts in order to connect with them:
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* the five most recent IPv4 LAN addresses and ports
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* the most recent IPv6 link-local address for the Wi-Fi interface (on some android devices the ipv6 link-local address is based on the hardware MAC, so it has similar privacy issues to the Bluetooth address)
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* the address of Briar's Tor onion service
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# Has Briar been independently audited?
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Yes, Briar was audited by Cure53 in 2017. You can read the audit report here:
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