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Was scrolling through my forums and came across this discussion on simplex chat, for an request for end to end encrypted offline bluetooth messaging. I thought this was a great feature but the **developer will only consider if people vote. So take a vote! **

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[–] ccx@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Like it or not Apple may just say no. They already refuse to give Bluetooth access to background applications in a way that would be useful to p2p messenger. And AppStore inclusion is at their whim, which given their current track record in HK/China I'd be very skeptical about. So unless you are talking about users willing to jailbreak and modify core components of their devices support from application developers doesn't necessarily accomplish what you want.

That said, Briar developers said they are willing to give technical support to any independent party developing iOS client, they are just not planning to do it themselves. Which I find very understandable because:

  • They have no iOS app developers on staff
  • Their codebase is not portable to iOS, requiring basically full rewrite anyway
  • This whole affair is a risky investment of time and energy for something that competes with core Apple product (AirDrop)

If SimpleX decides to implement any form of Bluetooth messaging that's compatible with iOS it will be by necessity very restricted and there's very little the developers can do about that.