avovsya

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by avovsya 1y ago
Apparently this is something I need to research as some people have problems using pinsend behind the NAT
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by avovsya 1y ago
Works for me a lot of the times with Telegram Saved messages(similar features to Signal). But some devices won't be my personal so no access to Signal or Telegram
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by avovsya 1y ago
Because of two things: 1. I needed to send text from phones to laptop(no easy qr code scanning) 2. Sometimes I need to share a few hundred lines of text
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by avovsya 1y ago
That is exactly the case, there is a server in the background responsible for maintaining sessions and setting up WebRTC connections(ICE handshakes), when all clients are connected - messages are sent p2p
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by avovsya 1y ago
Thank you! I'm genuinely surprised by a level of feedback I get in the comments, constructive, thoughtful and actionable! Would love to hear from you if there a use case you found for yourself. I've built this as a small utility
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by avovsya 1y ago
You're right, thank you for answering!
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by avovsya 1y ago
Good point, thank you
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by avovsya 1y ago
Throttling :)
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by avovsya 1y ago
I do have server relay to setup webrtc connection and maintain session ids until those active. upd: No relay for messages, messages are sent p2p
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by avovsya 1y ago
What do you mean by transcript? If you mean the messages that were shared - the answer is no, server sees no messages at all as message exchange is peer to peer via WebRTC. As soon as session is over(eg. When all clients disconnect) - messa
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by avovsya 1y ago
Thank you for feedback! Theoretically it's possible, but it's not just digits, it's alphanumeric so the chance is very low. As another user suggested - I will add approval for new clients so it's not going to happen
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by avovsya 1y ago
Thank you! Device approval seems like a legit way to make it more secure. I also used messaging apps and notes and emails, but then my channels are full of temp messages and not all devices I use have those.
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by avovsya 1y ago
Thank you for the feedback and wormhole.app suggestion! As for QR code - it's already available after you've set up your session, but UI might not be as obvious so I'll work on it. For PIN code - you might be right, though br
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by avovsya 1y ago
Thank you for your feedback! I do indeed have file transfer in the roadmap and was planning to launch with it(thus the leftover text, thank you for noticing), but file sharing over 100 Kb is still buggy, so it was disabled until better time
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Show HN: PinSend – Share text between devices using a PIN(P2P, no login)(pinsend.app)
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