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Private file access between computers. Even in 2020 it appears that building a connection between machines (macOS, Linux and Windows) requires a miracle if you

by cryo 6y ago

Private file access between computers. Even in 2020 it appears that building a connection between machines (macOS, Linux and Windows) requires a miracle if you don't like to share everything with cloud providers. cryo file mangager is an attempt to get rid of the hassle: https://cryonet.io https://cryonet.io

betimsl 6y ago
Don't forget to check https://upspin.io/ https://upspin.io/ out :)
- cryo 6y ago
  Indeed I'd like to add https://onionshare.org https://onionshare.org which also provides a non cloud solution to share files privatly.
isaacimagine 6y ago
There's also syncthing: https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/.
- genuinebyte 6y ago
  I've recently setup Syncthing and it worked great. I'd appreciate if it allowed me to cut out all relays and just connect directly to my servers, but maybe I just haven't found out how to do that yet.
  - cryo 6y ago
    You can run your own relay servers. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html
dcow 6y ago
Check out https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ which is basically just a tool to help people do password authenticated key exchange when establishing ephemeral connections.
a1369209993 6y ago
> building a connection between machines (macOS, Linux and Windows) requires a miracle if you don't like to share everything with cloud providers. Technically bittorrent + any file encryption format works fine, although it's not something a nontechnical user would ever figure out without either step-by-step instructions or said miracle.
caymanjim 6y ago
In addition to the other suggestions, you can run Nextcloud on any machine you control and sync to computers, mobile devices, etc. This is a well-solved problem.
- cryo 6y ago
  It is, but only for technical skilled people. It's not that simple to setup and understand for regular 'Dropbox' users.
drusepth 6y ago
I recently used magic-wormhole [1] for this. It was a 1-line command that gave me a keyphrase that I told to someone else. They typed the same command on their end, put in the keyphrase, and received my file. No IPs, no forwarding ports or files. It was a magical experience and Just Worked. [1] https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole
devchris10 6y ago
siacoin

by cryo 6y ago

betimsl 6y ago

Don't forget to check https://upspin.io/ https://upspin.io/ out :)

cryo 6y ago
Indeed I'd like to add https://onionshare.org https://onionshare.org which also provides a non cloud solution to share files privatly.

isaacimagine 6y ago

There's also syncthing: https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/.

genuinebyte 6y ago
I've recently setup Syncthing and it worked great. I'd appreciate if it allowed me to cut out all relays and just connect directly to my servers, but maybe I just haven't found out how to do that yet.
- cryo 6y ago
  You can run your own relay servers. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html https://docs.syncthing.net/users/strelaysrv.html

dcow 6y ago

Check out https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ which is basically just a tool to help people do password authenticated key exchange when establishing ephemeral connections.

a1369209993 6y ago

> building a connection between machines (macOS, Linux and Windows) requires a miracle if you don't like to share everything with cloud providers. Technically bittorrent + any file encryption format works fine, although it's not something a nontechnical user would ever figure out without either step-by-step instructions or said miracle.

caymanjim 6y ago

In addition to the other suggestions, you can run Nextcloud on any machine you control and sync to computers, mobile devices, etc. This is a well-solved problem.

cryo 6y ago
It is, but only for technical skilled people. It's not that simple to setup and understand for regular 'Dropbox' users.

drusepth 6y ago

I recently used magic-wormhole [1] for this. It was a 1-line command that gave me a keyphrase that I told to someone else. They typed the same command on their end, put in the keyphrase, and received my file. No IPs, no forwarding ports or files. It was a magical experience and Just Worked. [1] https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole

devchris10 6y ago

siacoin