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It's so strange that this should have been a solved problem decades ago, but somehow a robust and secure non-commercial solution never gets off the ground. Speaking of which, how is the IPFS project doing these days?
It was solved a decade ago, BitTorrent protocol
rather worried that it's going to go the same fate as ShareDrop ( https://github.com/ShareDropio/sharedrop ) and Snapdrop ( https://github.com/SnapDrop/snapdrop ) where they recently got taken over by LimeWire the crypto/AI company.
rather worried that it's going to go the same fate as ShareDrop ( https://github.com/ShareDropio/sharedrop ) and Snapdrop ( https://github.com/SnapDrop/snapdrop ) where they recently got taken over by LimeWire the crypto/AI company.
When I discovered that it now uploads stuff to Limewire I was so annoyed that I had to admit I suggested a harmful tool for sharing private data. So much, that I will never recommend a similar website. Either I'll host it my self or suggest an installed tool through F-droid, if it exists.
I mean, it is entirely my fault. I knew the security risk, but set it aside, because I didn't think some known guy developing an open source tool would in his name try to grab your data.
It's so strange that this should have been a solved problem decades ago, but somehow a robust and secure non-commercial solution never gets off the ground. Speaking of which, how is the IPFS project doing these days?
It was solved a decade ago, BitTorrent protocol
I wish there was a way to do local peer discovery with WebRTC. Right now both endpoints need an active Internet connection and a shared identifier (in this case a special URL) in order to find each other. Can't do offline local sharing.
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It was solved a decade ago, BitTorrent protocol
Arguably, only in BitTorrent V2, which released in 2017, wasn't supported by major clients until 2020, and is still not widely adopted.
One of many everything-and-the-kitchen-sink features Opera Presto had during its heyday. Others included a separate Bittorrent client, desktop widgets that could be moved outside of the browser window, full IRC client, email client and peerless hotkey actions customization.
By some miracle the browser still managed to be a rather lean binary.
I wish there was a way to do local peer discovery with WebRTC. Right now both endpoints need an active Internet connection and a shared identifier (in this case a special URL) in order to find each other. Can't do offline local sharing.