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Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by smoser »

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?

Besides AirDrop there is "Copy and Paste across devices" https://support.apple.com/kb/ph25168?locale=en_US

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by hlnas »

mehrdadn wrote: post #68
gurpreet- wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it a necessity to store information for 90 days? Why not 10 or 30?

> Why is it a necessity to store information for 90 days? Why not 10 or 30? Is there something special about 10 or 30? (You wouldn't ask the same question about 10 or 30?)

10 or 30 seem shorter, no? I don't have anything to say about 10 or 30, but 90 seems too long in my opinion.

I understand the need to keep logs to thwart abuse, but with longer lengths you're just helping law enforcement.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by morpheuskafka »

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?

On iOS having a file manager web server is a common workaround, some apps like VLC even have their own. The only issue is that the server stops if you switch apps. There's also iMazing which uses the iTunes protocol and is pretty good, but unfortunately is paid.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by Spivak »

gsich wrote: post #38
navaati wrote: post #23

I must say I am disapointed. I thought this would be some cool realtime system to send from browser to browser, using WebRTC or something. Something that doesn't involve them paying for file servers, by the way. I believed in Mozilla ! But no, here we are and I just don't see the difference between this and Mega. EDIT: except for the auto-deletion trick that addresses the piracy problem. But still...

But that would require more brain and effort. Since many users are usually behind a NAT, some NAT-traversal is neccessary. Combined with a robust detection (for shitty networks) and fallback to "normal" servers ... you get the idea.

I think Syncthing has a good model for this sort of thing. Anyone can stand up a rendezvous (and/or relay if you want) server which joins the network and starts helping people traverse NAT.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by snazz »

voidmain0001 wrote: post #73

I'm onboard as a regular user of send.firefox.com. How does Mozilla have the money to offer this for free?

Maybe they just don’t need too much storage since they expire quickly. This would be an interesting thing to graph, if they release the statistics.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by stunt »

kikikiki09i wrote: post #43

How to they pay for the storage costs?

Storage is extremely cheap. Especially for a service like Send which doesn't hold any data for a long period of time.

Elseways, It might be that they have bigger plans with it. This might be just a product to learn about market potentials.

Mozilla's manifesto is all about the Internet and Internet privacy. File sharing is one of the areas where the internet is losing privacy.

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