This has released tags since back to July 2025. Does anyone know if it's being actively used to exfiltrate news from Iran right now? (if someone's been living under a rock: [1][2])

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46667491

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384

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budududuroiu 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not sure about bitchat, but Briar is being used in Iran right now. https://byteiota.com/briar-offline-mesh-when-internet-shutdo...

Tbf, if my government would be out to kill me for protesting, I'd use something that at least was security audited. Not to shit on bitchat, I haven't audited the code personally.

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JumpCrisscross 8 hours ago | parent [-]

> Briar is being used in Iran right now

Do we have evidence of this? The only concrete claim made in that post is that Briar 'hit 252 points on Hacker News," which is orthogonal to if it's actually being used.

	▲	budududuroiu 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Good call, I'd also like to know if this is actually true

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throwaway758439 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Living under the rock of meaningless political theater is not great [1]

[1] Washington’s War on Iran: The Importance of Defending Information Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJm4zwZZHY