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add other information shared with contacts

Torsten Grote
2021-10-25 11:38:24 +00:00
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@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ No. Briar does not conceal your identity from your contacts. It provides **unlin
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.
Other device information shared with contacts in order to connect with them:
* the five most recent IPv4 LAN addresses and ports
* 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)
* the address of Briar's Tor onion service
# Has Briar been independently audited?
Yes, Briar was audited by Cure53 in 2017. You can read the audit report here: