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Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by funman7 »

guessmyname wrote: post #10

> Sharedrop: HTML5 clone of Apple's AirDrop – easy P2P file transfer powered by W Powered by W? Is W a new programming language or JavaScript framework? It looks like @todsacerdoti is not aware that Hacker News submissions are limited to 80 characters in the title. They probably wanted to submit “HTML5 clone of Apple's AirDrop - easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC” which is 73 characters long and represents the…

Makes me wonder if this post was Done w a bot, script, tool, curl etc. I have been wondering how prevalent pre written comments are as well

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by funman7 »

rapnie wrote: post #21

Firebase is a really attractive service to quickly and easily bring powerful features to any app, but I can't help it.. I feel like I'd be including yet another way for Google to track people. Therefore I avoid any app with Firebase in them, no matter how cool they are. Am I overly suspicious here?

Yeah I like firebase for sure. At the same time I was hoping this was all from scratch. Within the past few years it’s really getting discouraging knowing everything is tracked and ready to lock you in w dependency. Google search and some other changes they have made recently feel insulting almost

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by bouke »

saagarjha wrote: post #2

I guess it would be a bit better to call it “inspired” by AirDrop rather than a “clone”, as it doesn’t use AWDL for discovery (rather, it seems to use Firebase).

And the internet requirement also makes it definitely not a clone. This is addressed in the readme, but still, don’t call it a clone then.

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by tjohns »

llampx wrote: post #24
tjohns wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile, I found the 2.5 GB limit on Firefox Send really frustrating this weekend when I was trying to send 80 GB of raw video files to a friend. :) Turns out there's very few options available for really large P2P file transfers, short of hosting an FTP server.

Curious, couldn't you have used a torrent for that?

Great question! I considered it, but I wasn't able to find a clear answer whether it was secure or not. If somebody had access to the tracker backend or were inspecting the DHT traffic, would they be able to download the files without the original .torrent file?

(Most of the BitTorrent docs assume you're intending to distribute the files publicly.)

Not that the data was really worth protecting — it was just GoPro videos from a recent ski trip. But still, I didn't want to share my (unedited) home movies publicly.

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by tjohns »

wrsh07 wrote: post #27
tjohns wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile, I found the 2.5 GB limit on Firefox Send really frustrating this weekend when I was trying to send 80 GB of raw video files to a friend. :) Turns out there's very few options available for really large P2P file transfers, short of hosting an FTP server.

Disclosure, I work at Dropbox: but did you consider paying for a tool? Or were you mostly interested in free options?

I tried uploading the archive to iCloud, but the server rejected it as too large. None of my other cloud storage accounts had enough free space.

Paying for extra space seemed overkill, given that this was literally a one-time P2P file transfer. I really should just be able to send a file to another IP address without having to pay for storage somewhere.

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by oh_sigh »

tjohns wrote: post #19
40four wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started using Firefox Send recently, I have been really impressed with the simplicity and easy of use. I haven’t tried it, but it is open source and possible to self-host if you so chose. But for the time being it remains free, and you can share up to a generous 2.5 GB if you log in with a Firefox account so I see no reason to put in the effort yet. That being said, Sharedrop seems to be a different use case, only…

Meanwhile, I found the 2.5 GB limit on Firefox Send really frustrating this weekend when I was trying to send 80 GB of raw video files to a friend. :) Turns out there's very few options available for really large P2P file transfers, short of hosting an FTP server.

OP was talking about the generous 2.5 GB limit, while you're referring to the stingy 2.5 GB limit.

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by iampims »

tjohns wrote: post #35
wrsh07 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disclosure, I work at Dropbox: but did you consider paying for a tool? Or were you mostly interested in free options?

I tried uploading the archive to iCloud, but the server rejected it as too large. None of my other cloud storage accounts had enough free space. Paying for extra space seemed overkill, given that this was literally a one-time P2P file transfer. I really should just be able to send a file to another IP address without having to pay for storage somewhere.

This works _really_ well: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by PikachuEXE »

tjohns wrote: post #34
llampx wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curious, couldn't you have used a torrent for that?

Great question! I considered it, but I wasn't able to find a clear answer whether it was secure or not. If somebody had access to the tracker backend or were inspecting the DHT traffic, would they be able to download the files without the original .torrent file? (Most of the BitTorrent docs assume you're intending to distribute the files publicly.) Not that the data was really worth protecting — it was just GoPro vid…

Maybe you can try Resilio Sync (was named BT Sync before) https://www.resilio.com/individuals/#plans

I am not sure if Free version supports limited sharing But I guess you can open a folder for your one-time use then remove it afterward

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by modinfo »

_ZeD_ wrote: post #22
tjohns wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile, I found the 2.5 GB limit on Firefox Send really frustrating this weekend when I was trying to send 80 GB of raw video files to a friend. :) Turns out there's very few options available for really large P2P file transfers, short of hosting an FTP server.

For 80gb I would send a usb pen via mail

I regularly send 200gb with Resilio Sync, but before sending the file I split into 10gb pieces and on the other side I put them together.

Re: Sharedrop – Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC

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Post by tjohns »

oh_sigh wrote: post #36
tjohns wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile, I found the 2.5 GB limit on Firefox Send really frustrating this weekend when I was trying to send 80 GB of raw video files to a friend. :) Turns out there's very few options available for really large P2P file transfers, short of hosting an FTP server.

OP was talking about the generous 2.5 GB limit, while you're referring to the stingy 2.5 GB limit.

Indeed, that's why I posted. I found it to be an interesting juxtaposition. :)
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