# Security & Privacy Scorecard

## Briar

**Version:** 1.5.15
**Scan Date:** 2026-02-09
**Platform:** Android
**Package:** org.briarproject.briar.android

**Security Score:** 82/100
**Privacy Score:** 92/100

## What This Means for You

Messages and contacts are not shared with any advertising, analytics, or marketing companies. No third-party services receive user data. A small number of technical issues were identified, but user information stays entirely within the app.

## Recommendation: Trustworthy

**Best For:** People who want messaging with no third-party tracking

## Key Findings

**Data Security** - 1 finding (1 low)

**Network Security** - 3 findings (1 high, 2 medium)

**Code Safety** - 0 findings

**Privacy** - 0 findings

## Privacy Concerns

### What Data is Collected

Personal information, including messages and contacts, stays within the app on the user's device. Nothing is sent to any outside service.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

All data remains exclusively between users communicating directly. No advertisers, analytics companies, or other outside parties receive anything from this app.

## Understanding the Scores

| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Security | 82/100 |
| Privacy | 92/100 |
| Data Security | 85/100 |
| Network Security | 80/100 |
| Code Safety | 82/100 |
| Data Collection | 100/100 |
| Data Sharing | 100/100 |
| User Control | 100/100 |

## Positive Security Features

- Data is never shared with advertisers or analytics companies, earning perfect scores across data collection, data sharing, and user control.
- All communication data stays on the user's device, with no corporate intermediaries receiving messages or contacts.

## Areas for Improvement

- Some network connection handling could be strengthened to better protect users in certain edge-case scenarios.
- Minor improvements to how data is stored locally would further reduce any residual risk to user information.

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## About This Analysis

This report is based on automated code analysis of the app at the version listed below. Scores reflect conditions at the time of the scan.

### App Details

- **App Name:** Briar
- **Package ID:** org.briarproject.briar.android
- **Version:** 1.5.15
- **Scan Date:** 2026-02-09
- **Platform:** Android