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Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#1
Since TeamViewer started locking up with "Commercial use suspected" each time I try to help my mom with her laptop once every so many moons:

What are good, free, hassle-free alternatives comparable to TeamViewer anno 2010?

Good as in: Turn it on, enter code, get a Remote-Desktop-like connection between different devices and operating systems — with a UX that doable for a 70-year old?

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#4
AnyDesk seems like the most obvious drop-in replacement. It's not awful either, I've used it for remote video editing quite successfully.

I'm less thrilled that for both AD and TV the client and server is the same application. I want to be able to connect to other people's computers without ever having something hook into or have the possibility to display my own desktop.

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#8

Reemo: https://reemo.io/ > You don't even need a code or install a client (you can use Chrome). Sometimes I use it for gaming, too.

Information Automatically Collected. ... Online activity data. Information about your use of and actions on the Service, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen and navigation paths between pages or screens.

https://reemo.io/privacy-policy

To me this seems horrifyingly invasive.

Re: Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?

#9
RustDesk has been my go-to for nearly two years now.

Their main C&C server had experienced a DDOS late last year that I could have avoided being affected by if I had set up my own C&C server, but I wasn’t in the right spot for that work so I just remained patient and rode it out.

Only paid features (IIRC) are if you want your list of saved connections to follow you across more than one computer, which requires an account to do.

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