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satvikpendem 2 days ago

Look into Sendme [0] and AltSendme [1] (which is a GUI around the former), they use Iroh [2] which is an open-source encrypted peer-to-peer relay service to send data so there are no limits whatsoever for sending and receiving files, because there's no central server.

From my earlier comment about a similar thread a couple days ago about which file sharing apps people use [3]:

[0] https://github.com/n0-computer/sendme

[1] https://github.com/tonyantony300/alt-sendme

[2] https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906587

3371 2 days ago | parent [-]

This kind of services that requires the user to share a seed/code to the recipient always seems kinda awkward to me. The code is not simple/short enough to be verbally communicated; If I can send the code, I usually can just send the file.

satvikpendem 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Not necessarily. For example I might have a few gigs of photos to send someone, and I want to send them uncompressed. I could text someone the seed or QR code for them to download the photos, but I can't send those photos (especially uncompressed, even if over RCS or WhatsApp) over text.

cortesoft 2 days ago | parent [-]

Wouldn’t this use your internet data, though? Isn’t the point of these tools to send locally without being limited by internet speeds and without having to use your mobile data?

satvikpendem a day ago | parent [-]

No, Iroh works over LAN as well.

nine_k 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The code can be easily communicated as a QR code. But a 100 MB file cannot.