Charging a nominal amount for send seems like it would solve the malware problem and help their finances...
Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
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Re: Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
#12Damn, I didn’t know they already taken Send offline. I don’t use it much, but it’s great in a pinch for just getting a file to a stranger quickly and without much fuss. I’ll have to explore the alternatives.
Re: Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
#13Hm, been spending a while creating a 'Firefox Send' copy, attempting to host files. Check out a new verison at: - https://v2.femto.pw/ Looking for some help if anyone can, :) - https://github.com/femto-apps/web-file-uploader The old copy ( https://femto.pw/ ) has been used over 100 million times and sent over 13PB of data!
https://github.com/femto-apps/web-file-uploader is the non-typoed url
Re: Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
#14Hm, been spending a while creating a 'Firefox Send' copy, attempting to host files. Check out a new verison at: - https://v2.femto.pw/ Looking for some help if anyone can, :) - https://github.com/femto-apps/web-file-uploader The old copy ( https://femto.pw/ ) has been used over 100 million times and sent over 13PB of data!
Check out this project as well: https://github.com/kern/filepizza
Re: Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
#15You can always send files using the WebTorrent protocol, over at https://instant.io
No file size limit.
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#16I LOVED Firefox Send. This saddens me...stupid malware abusers
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#17I'm crushed to see Firefox Send go away. It was an amazing tool.
In the "This is why we can't have nice things category" it's sad to see yet another encrypted file-sharing service that is inevitably shut down when someone starts abusing it to host malware or child porn.
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#18Getting rid of Send is so disappointing. That was a hugely useful tool. Why not add a Report button and start charging for the service?
The implicit problem is you have to know the download is sketchy in order to report abuse. For your average consumer, that will be after they downloaded it.
Having a consumer download a sketchy file from what should be a trusted service (it's firefox! they're the good guys!) is not good for your company image, either.
And unfortunately, charging for a service is no guarantee that these issues will go away. I have seen fraud links from many b2b services presumably caused by credential misuse. If you operate a file sharing service, please be sure that there is a way to report a file either on the download page or on the contact us page. I'm the guy with too much time on his hands and actually follows up on reported phish emails and I've seen many services with no reporting mechanisms. Also, give your customers their own subdomain so I can selectively allow them in the palo alto.
Re: Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
#19I'm glad Mozilla are focusing more on their core product (Firefox the web browser) instead of trying to compete in overcrowded markets like file transfer (WeTransfer, MEGA, Google Drive, Dropbox, ...) and notes (Notion, Workflowy, Google Drive, Microsoft OneNote, ...).
The announcement doesn't mention the browser but does mention focusing on Firefox VPN, Firefox Monitor and Firefox Private Network.
Re: Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes
#20I suggest we all write to Firefox and suggest charging $1/month for Send.