# Welcome to IPFS News 173! | IPFS Blog & News

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/welcome-to-ipfs-news-173-ipfs-blog-news/13812>\
**Category:** Blog Posts\
**Created:** [March 23, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/welcome-to-ipfs-news-173-ipfs-blog-news/13812 "2022-03-23T19:15:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ipfs1/original/1X/035cb0e41547e8c019cdfd4466a4736c843af1c9.png) [@system](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/welcome-to-ipfs-news-173-ipfs-blog-news/13812/1 "2022-03-23T19:15:57Z")

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There are known security issues in current Web 2.0 messaging services built on centralized networks. [Berty (opens new window)](https://berty.tech/) addresses these issues with a distributed communication protocol that takes advantage of the decentralized infrastructure provided by IPFS to build an untraceable messaging system. It’s completely peer-to-peer, open-source, and it can operate over bluetooth, without an internet connection. [Read more (opens new window)](https://blog.ipfs.io/2022-03-11-berty/) on the IPFS blog and join the [Berty community (opens new window)](https://berty.tech/community).

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.ipfs.io/weekly-173/](https://blog.ipfs.io/weekly-173/)