• D_Air1@lemmy.ml
    18·
    2 years ago

    Me and a buddy just set up syncthing and use that when we need to do this and don’t want in third parties involved. Turn it off when you are done.

    • rdyoung@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 years ago

      I use resilio sync across my work and personal phones and I use it to backup my phones to my nas. No need to turn it on/off, it’s accessible only via secret key or shared link and it’s encrypted.

      I know sync isn’t foss but it’s the best one I’ve found over the years and it just works.

      • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
        4·
        2 years ago

        Love resilio. Fantastic for travelling to quickly pull up your passport or visa or train tickets you reserved before. Just leave a computer running at home (like a home server).

          • milicent_bystandr@lemm.eeBanned
            1·
            2 years ago

            Mobius Sync is an iOS app for it. Free version has max directory size 25mb(?) but dev seems to have good attitudes; it’s something I wouldn’t mind paying for.

        • MangoPenguinEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Iirc if you pay for it the main thing is selective sync

        • ggppjj@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          It’s a bit more consumer focused, easier for Grandma kind of thing. Syncthing isn’t hard, but does have in my opinion a bit more difficult of an initial setup with features like introducers that can make things difficult if configured wrong.

  • monoboy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    I do:

    • Wormhole.app: for smaller file transfers to people not tech savvy
    • Rsync: if the person is running an SSH server I can connect to
    • Bittorrent: pretty much anything else
    • Uhrbaan@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Didn’t see the comment before posting

      Totally agree, swiss transfer is incredible but I thought its use was restricted to Switzerland?

  • claymore@pawb.social
    7·
    2 years ago

    I never see toffeeshare mentioned. P2P, encrypted, no size limit. Only problem is you can’t send folders, only files, but that’s easily solved with tarballs or RARs.

  • Uhrbaan@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    If your swiss, just use swisstransfer.com. it’s fast, supports up to 50gb of data, 500 transfers per day (and free!), more than you’ll ever need. Although for security, they do say your filles are sent over https, but because they do not promote encryption I suppose they don’t support that (although they do support password protected files).

    So yeah, it’s usually more than enough for most use cases, although I’d encrypt my files before sending them if they contain sensitive data, but that’s rarely the case.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Anyone have any objections or anything negative to say about snapdrop(dot)net besides maybe anyone on the same network could try to connect to you?

    • kib48@lemdro.idEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      snapdrop.net seems to go down all the time, I stopped using it a while ago and switched to LocalSend

      neither of them work over the internet though so they don’t really fit the article

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksBannedEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      I think because Syncthing isn’t really for “sharing” files. It can move large files across the internet but it’s not designed for “hey send me a copy of that blu-ray your ripped” sharing.

      • Snot FlickermanEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        hahahahahahahahahahahahaha… no.

        but it does allow you to only share your files with a specific other user.

        however, it’s explicitly not secure. It’s literally from the Kazaa era of file transfer apps.

        • refalo@programming.dev
          6·
          2 years ago

          Right, but the article explicitly mentions securely, so I thought those types of tools would be more relevant to recommend.

  • hushable@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Interesting to see wormhole mentioned as non open source. The protocol and its CLI tools are, probably the web interface and GUIs are not