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> Choosing file transfer as the first goal seems like a great decesion to me. True. We still don't have a good way of doing this[0]. [0] https://xkcd.com/949/

• oelmekki 9y ago
  Actually, there is: if both users are on gmail, you can attach big files to your mail, and it's automatically uploaded on Drive (and retrieved seamlessly by recipient from mail). If recipient is not using gmail, you can still use Drive to upload your file and share it. And obviously, there are many Drive competitors, like dropbox and Box, to name the biggest ones.
  • rtkwe 9y ago
    Unless something has changed each of those still require an existing account on the senders side. With an account on an appropriate service or the right program sending files has been a pretty solved problem for ages. Not sure this really solves super well either since both people would have to download, install and configure GNUnet.
    • oelmekki 9y ago
      Indeed, it requires auth. The xkcd page nor grandparent were mentioning not requiring auth as a requirement :) I didn't get this is something GNUnet would allow. I guess it could be a thing... if using GNUnet is easier that registering a drive/dropbox/whatever account.
• cameronhowe 9y ago
  one to one peer to peer file transfer: justbeamit.com peer to peer file transfer (link doesn't die after one person) file.pizza
• gcb0 9y ago
  but ironically every single OS today ships with a remote desktop functionality. some even on by default.