What happened to Firefox Send?
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What happened to Firefox Send?
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Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#2....oh.
I have used it a few times in the past for the classic task "move large file between two computers that are next to each other, how the hell do I do this simply", but yeah, I can't see how that would be cost-effective for Firefox.
Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#3Too bad. Never used it myself but it seemed like a useful tool from someone I trust.
Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#4This was really funny because I tried to use it for the first time just after it was taken down, but before the announcement. At that time, it loaded a page that made it seem like it was just offline temporarily.
Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#5....oh. I have used it a few times in the past for the classic task "move large file between two computers that are next to each other, how the hell do I do this simply", but yeah, I can't see how that would be cost-effective for Firefox.
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Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#6This is due to people sharing malware:
https://www.techradar.com/news/mozilla-suspends-firefox-send...
The content can't be scanned server-side because uploaded files are encrypted
Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#7Oh dear. A stunning failure of another Firefox product which was hyped to hot air: [0]
Looks like Mozilla really needs to find something to actually be more competitive than their current offerings of 'VPNs', 'File Sharing' and 'Web Browsers'.
Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#8....oh. I have used it a few times in the past for the classic task "move large file between two computers that are next to each other, how the hell do I do this simply", but yeah, I can't see how that would be cost-effective for Firefox.
Between Unix-based machines on the same network my go-to is netcat.
receiver$ nc -l 2000 > file
sender$ nc receiver 2000 Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#9....oh. I have used it a few times in the past for the classic task "move large file between two computers that are next to each other, how the hell do I do this simply", but yeah, I can't see how that would be cost-effective for Firefox.
Magic wormhole is your friend
Re: What happened to Firefox Send?
#10....oh. I have used it a few times in the past for the classic task "move large file between two computers that are next to each other, how the hell do I do this simply", but yeah, I can't see how that would be cost-effective for Firefox.
Easy ways to copy files between nearby computers:
scp The python 3 equivalent of -mSimpleHTTPServer Samba
Or maybe I’m missing something.