diff --git a/content/news/2021-briar-1.4-released.md b/content/news/2021-briar-1.4-released.md index 1505f3e09e05dacfa1cfd09e2a745a2cc117ed9e..6a6b48fe1c21db88888be4f97a246d049355c530 100644 --- a/content/news/2021-briar-1.4-released.md +++ b/content/news/2021-briar-1.4-released.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The Briar Project released version 1.4 of its Android app today. This release ad First of all, users can now share the app offline. Prior to this release, the only ways to get the app was to to download it from the internet, which requires an internet connection. Now, it is possible to share the app offline to others who don't have it installed. When this option is selected from within the app, it opens a local hotspot and provides a website where others can download the Briar app without an internet connection. This feature might be useful during internet shutdowns or natural disasters. A single device with Briar installed can share the app to bootstrap Briar connectivity in a community. -This release also adds a way to connect using removable drives. Android devices can store data using SD cards or flash drives. Briar makes use of this capability to store encrypted messages that can be physically transported to the recipient, and then imported and decrypted upon arrival. Messages delivered through this means arrive just like they would over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Tor. See [this presentation slide](https://grobox.de/presentations/2017-12-30_Briar_at_34c3.html#/24) for more information on how it works. Technical details can be found on [this Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers). +This release also adds a way to connect using removable drives. Android devices can store data using SD cards or flash drives. Briar makes use of this capability to store encrypted messages that can be physically transported to the recipient, and then imported and decrypted upon arrival. Messages delivered through this means arrive just like they would over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Tor. See [this presentation slide](https://grobox.de/presentations/2017-12-30_Briar_at_34c3.html#/24) for more information on how it works. Even though released a while back in a minor version of Briar 1.3, it is worth mentioning that we have improved how to connect via Bluetooth. This feature does not work automatically on new Android devices because they limit Bluetooth use for privacy reasons. However, one can now use a manual connect via Bluetooth feature that both devices need to perform in order to connect.