P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
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P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
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Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#2Nice design, but that's the kind of functionality that's best integrated within a chat or videoconferencing application, since within a conference you can be pretty sure that you send the file to the right person.
For a demo, go to https://galene.org:8443/group/public/hn/>. Login twice in two different browser tabs (leave the password field empty). Click on the username of your partner, and choose Send file.
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#3Reminds me of https://sharedrop.io
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#4File Transfer https://m.xkcd.com/949/
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#5Nice design, but that's the kind of functionality that's best integrated within a chat or videoconferencing application, since within a conference you can be pretty sure that you send the file to the right person. For a demo, go to https://galene.org:8443/group/public/hn/ >. Login twice in two different browser tabs (leave the password field empty). Click on the username of your partner, and choose Send file .
I don't agree with this.
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#6It's crazy that in 2026, transferring files between two random, willing, devices is still a hassle.
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#7Reminds me of https://sharedrop.io
It's apparently a fork (Github Readme)
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#8Nice design, but that's the kind of functionality that's best integrated within a chat or videoconferencing application, since within a conference you can be pretty sure that you send the file to the right person. For a demo, go to https://galene.org:8443/group/public/hn/ >. Login twice in two different browser tabs (leave the password field empty). Click on the username of your partner, and choose Send file .
No, it's best to write the data on a USB stick and see the person in real life. Ask for ID and do a retina scan. Then you can be pretty sure that you give the file to the right person. Make sure to cryptographically sign the data so the recipient can be sure it's you.
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#9Seems to work well, at least between my Linux desktop and my wifi-connected Android phone; both showed up without any hassle, and sending files each way was boring in the best of ways.
It also supports something it calls "Private Room," which doesn't require the endpoints to be on the same LAN. This also works well, at least with my phone on 5G and the Linux box ultimately connected with DOCSIS.
No idea how many intermediaries, if any, are involved with any of this, and for my normal purposes I don't care at all.
Re: P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
#10Nice design, but that's the kind of functionality that's best integrated within a chat or videoconferencing application, since within a conference you can be pretty sure that you send the file to the right person. For a demo, go to https://galene.org:8443/group/public/hn/ >. Login twice in two different browser tabs (leave the password field empty). Click on the username of your partner, and choose Send file .
I used your demo. It does not do what you say that it does.
I opened a tab and signed in as "username".
Then I opened another tab and signed in as "username" there, too.
Thus a shared chat exists with two users named "username".
Whatever this is, it is not the path of disambiguation.