What is Bru?
Bru (bridge in Norwegian) lets you read and send SMSes from your computer, via your Android phone. It does this by creating an end-to-end encrypted persistent peer-to-peer connection to a companion app running as a background service on your phone.
Features
- Encrypted. Your data is only readable by you.
- Peer to Peer. Raking the shortest route through the internet.
- Hole punching. Works from behind routers and firewalls. No port forwarding, no network setup, no fiddling.
How does it work?
Bru leverages Iroh to create a persistent P2P connection between your computer and phone. This project is not related to the second Scottish national drink.
As long as the devices are online, Iroh finds a way to connect them, falling back to using a relay if a direct link is not possible. Your data is in any case still encrypted and not readable by anyone.
By scanning the pairing code, a