This is a very laconic scenario and it's packed with meaning, and I'm not quite grasping all of it. Primarily, it says he "wants to share... via sneakernet" and

This is a very laconic scenario and it's packed with meaning, and I'm not quite grasping all of it. Primarily, it says he "wants to share... via sneakernet" and then the next sentence says he's using slow network links. Sneakernet, by definition, is not a network protocol, it's passing around physical media by hand. So how does this make sense? If he shares his patches with his friends via sneakernet, none of this cloak and dagger networking is a concern, just their physical movements.