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Your Briar link contains a public key and it is safe to publish in the same way as a PGP public key. If you want to contact someone via Briar, both of you need to add each other's links. Your Briar link contains a public key and it is safe to publish in the same way as a PGP public key. If you want to contact someone via Briar, both of you need to add each other's links.
# Can people track my online status if I publish my `briar://` link?
No, your online status isn't exposed by publishing your `briar://` link. For strangers to be able to connect to you you must first add them as a contact, otherwise they won't know where to find you in the Tor network.
For a more technical explanation, for each new contact a separate Tor hidden service gets created whose address depends on both your own and your contact's public key. See the [Bramble Rendezvous Protocol](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-spec/-/blob/master/protocols/BRP.md#2-the-rendezvous-protocol) for more information.
# Has Briar been independently audited? # Has Briar been independently audited?
Yes, Briar was audited by Cure53 in 2017. You can read the audit report here: Yes, Briar was audited by Cure53 in 2017. You can read the audit report here: