Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

Post by usermac » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 1:54 PM UTC

Post by Aissen » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 1:56 PM UTC

Post by pault » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 1:56 PM UTC

weaksauce wrote: post #64

seveneightn9ne wrote: post #61

How is this using end-to-end encryption? It seems like the recipient just clicks a link to download. How can it have been encrypted for that person? end-to-end encryption normally means that there's no way for the intermediary to unencrypt the data but I can't see how that's possible in this case.

Client side JavaScript that encrypts locally befor uploading and puts the encryption key in the url you share with someone that never gets sent to Mozilla. Also client side decryption on the person you shared the link with. It’s end to end.

Post by jacobush » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 1:58 PM UTC

asutekku wrote: post #60

hprotagonist wrote: post #40

It doesn't exactly meet the needs of "sending files to a non-technical person", but Magic Wormhole [0] has been truly great for flipping files around between me and anyone who is capable of being trusted to run `pip install --user pipe && pipe install magic-wormhole`. This is by no means everyone, but it's been very useful quite often. [0] https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ has

I have no clue why you would suggest a tool that requires using a linux command line after telling firefox send doesn’t meet the needs of non-techical person.

Post by pard68 » Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 1:59 PM UTC

matt-snider wrote: post #26

mFixman wrote: post #12

I can't believe that there isn't a simple service to transfer data between my cellphone and my computer without going through the internet. iTunes is terribly bloated, MTP is a mess, and Bluetooth is slow and frustrating. Back in my hacker day I used to have an SSH server open on my cellphone and use it to transfer files back and forth with my computer. Why isn't there a mainstream service like that?

What about https://syncthing.net/ ? EDIT: I know you said without going through the internet. Syncthing can be configured to only transfer over specific networks (e.g. home LAN/WI-FI)