Briar is a tool for the toughest situations, when the internet is unavailable or almost unavailable

There can be many scenarios where it can be used — from remote areas somewhere in the forests to blocked internet in cities

I will try to explain using a simple example

In the first part I described how to set up your own messenger, just messaging, without calls

This is an addition on how to do the same but with audio/video calls

Just like in the first part, you only need to follow everything step by step... let’s go!

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Today, the issue of privacy and control over your data is more relevant than ever.

When I was looking for a simple and clear guide to installing Matrix, I encountered either overloaded manuals or fragmented information.

That’s why I decided to write my own guide in a “4-in-1” format.

Today, the question of privacy and control over your data is more relevant than ever.

When I was looking for a simple and clear guide to installing Matrix myself, I ran into either overloaded manuals or fragments of information.

So I decided to write my own guide following a “3-in-1” approach.

Moldova?! Seriously? From Canada?!?! How is that even possible?! – that’s usually what my typical dialogue with random people in various immigrant chats looks like.

So what’s actually going on? Let’s try to figure it out…

If we talk about LinkedIn for example, of course most posts there are related to work and migration processes
For example, describing the process of moving to a new country or the difficulties of finding a job

It seems there are several sides to this pressure
I’ll try to describe them here, maybe someone will recognize themselves in a similar situation

What really annoys me here is that on slippery winter roads the traffic light switches from green to yellow very quickly, and it’s often impossible to brake in time. In Russia, for example, this wasn’t a problem.

So here is my small research into a few countries.

I chose a ready self-hosted application Writefreely

There’s also a separate community post about running it in Docker https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/pull/1038

In general everything is ok, BUT I ran into the problem of hosting images...

Maybe not everyone knows, but in Russia, in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), they have already launched a full-fledged Cheburnet

It is currently being tested in this region, where there are few cities, and it may later spread to other parts of the country.

For now, it’s only in mobile internet, but still. A list of about 20 websites opens.

In this situation, my friends and I decided to test a messenger that allows communication even when VPN won’t help anymore. Maybe this information will help someone, or if you know someone who could benefit from it.