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being fr, i never even knew about syncthing until now. it's (clearly) a lot better, but again, the reason I made this is because of my school's software whiteli

being fr, i never even knew about syncthing until now. it's (clearly) a lot better, but again, the reason I made this is because of my school's software whitelist. they only allow certain apps to run on my laptop, one of them being python due to out compsci class. since then, I've been using it to get around whitelists and make my own stuff. this allows me to sync up me and my friend's stuff (like projects, etc.) while we're in school and not have to worry about the whitelist :)

ryanjshaw 1y ago
That’s perfectly valid. Maybe add it to the top of your readme explaining what problem it solves (need to sync files between machines and all you can use is python).
globular-toast 1y ago
My initial thought was, man, your school is lame. But maybe it's genius? Creativity thrives in a constrained environment.
- snackbroken 1y ago
  In high school they had a few information kiosk computers spread around the various buildings; two in the library, one in the main reception, one in the cafeteria, and one in the mostly unused hallway right outside the computer club room. They were locked down so you could only navigate some intranet pages using a rudimentary on-screen keyboard, with the rest of the hardware in a locked cabinet. Guess which one got digitally defaced a couple of times each semester. Guess which ones got left alone. Genius move by the IT guy. Every time it happened he would come talk to the club members about the difference between whitehat and blackhat hacking but other than that nobody ever got in trouble.
udev4096 1y ago
This kind of whitelisting does absolutely nothing. It's a straight up lolbin. Anyway, if python is allowed, then surely other languages can be added to whitelist. Ask them to whitelist go and use syncthing
- sirbread 1y ago
  trust me, I've tried asking for other programs to be on the whitelist. if they didn't allow firefox, they definitely won't allow synching. and I don't wanna get in trouble either lol
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  - xeonmc 1y ago
    Can you ask them to permit docker?
- woodrowbarlow 1y ago
  > This kind of whitelisting does absolutely nothing. well, aside from getting students more interested in programming, apparently.
  - xeonmc 1y ago
    Necessity is the mother of invention, constraints the cradle of imagination, and contrarian teenagers the womb of ingenuity.
- Thrymr 1y ago
  Or just write a python script wrapper for the syncthing client :)

ryanjshaw 1y ago

That’s perfectly valid. Maybe add it to the top of your readme explaining what problem it solves (need to sync files between machines and all you can use is python).

globular-toast 1y ago

My initial thought was, man, your school is lame. But maybe it's genius? Creativity thrives in a constrained environment.

snackbroken 1y ago
In high school they had a few information kiosk computers spread around the various buildings; two in the library, one in the main reception, one in the cafeteria, and one in the mostly unused hallway right outside the computer club room. They were locked down so you could only navigate some intranet pages using a rudimentary on-screen keyboard, with the rest of the hardware in a locked cabinet. Guess which one got digitally defaced a couple of times each semester. Guess which ones got left alone. Genius move by the IT guy. Every time it happened he would come talk to the club members about the difference between whitehat and blackhat hacking but other than that nobody ever got in trouble.

udev4096 1y ago

This kind of whitelisting does absolutely nothing. It's a straight up lolbin. Anyway, if python is allowed, then surely other languages can be added to whitelist. Ask them to whitelist go and use syncthing

sirbread 1y ago
trust me, I've tried asking for other programs to be on the whitelist. if they didn't allow firefox, they definitely won't allow synching. and I don't wanna get in trouble either lol
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- xeonmc 1y ago
  Can you ask them to permit docker?
woodrowbarlow 1y ago
> This kind of whitelisting does absolutely nothing. well, aside from getting students more interested in programming, apparently.
- xeonmc 1y ago
  Necessity is the mother of invention, constraints the cradle of imagination, and contrarian teenagers the womb of ingenuity.
Thrymr 1y ago
Or just write a python script wrapper for the syncthing client :)