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Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by pennaMan »

mehrdadn wrote: post #102
hlnas wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> 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. Sure they're shorter, but wherever they draw the line somebody like you is going to complain. Putting myself in their shoes I don't see any reason why you wouldn't complain about 30 days (even if you really wouldn't). > I understand the need to keep logs to thwart abuse, but with longer lengths you're just h…

>And helping law enforcement is inherently terrible because

Helping in the sense that they open themselves up to be strong-armed by LE

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by ycnews »

timvisee wrote: post #50

I've been building a fully featured CLI tool for Firefox Send, supporting this new release. For anyone that is interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend

Python cli version at https://github.com/ehuggett/send-cli

disclaimer: I haven't used either cli version.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by kgwxd »

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?

There are plenty of cross-platform local file transfer tools available but they all require manual setup and some knowledge of networking. If "without going through the internet" is a requirement, I don't think an easier and secure tool could be made better than what's already available.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by Moru »

hiccuphippo wrote: post #146
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 I'd like to see is an app that runs a webserver on my phone to share a slideshow of pictures or videos to a browser on the lan. I haven't found this and I'm thinking about writing one.

Try resilio sync, uses lan or Internet depending on what is available. Sync the images folder with your computer with a few clicks.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by olig15 »

Vinnl wrote: post #101
huhtenberg wrote: post #88

Very clean and nice, but how is this financed? That is, who's paying for the server storage and the bandwidth?

Presumably Mozilla, just like they do for the sync and Web Push servers.

I think what the previous poster meant was 'why' are Mozilla paying for it?

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by laumars »

dooglius wrote: post #147
laumars wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was my assumption. Your comment took me a little by surprise actually because there's no actual need for the internet in SSH and in fact I probably do 90% of my SSHing on local networks. But I guess your usage differs significantly?

For desktops, yes, but my default assumption for a phone is that it's on a mobile network

I don't think that is a fair assumption because it's very common for people to set up WiFi on their phone. In fact you'll often find some platforms will not download OS updates or warn you against downloading larger "apps" when not connected via WiFi.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by darkpuma »

wiiittttt wrote: post #140
untog wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be amazed if a majority of people were downloading 4K movies these days.

Yeah, the majority are probably not, but i'd prefer to download at the highest quality available.

Then you understand "How do they handle abuse though? Like, people using it to host, say, pirated TV shows?" remains an open question.

Re: Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

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Post by m52go »

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?

If you use GNOME, GSConnect is magical.

https://github.com/andyholmes/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnec...

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