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 +===== file transfer =====
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 File transfer sure is hard. Why is it so hard? File transfer sure is hard. Why is it so hard?
  
 ==== Computer to computer ==== ==== Computer to computer ====
  
-By far my preferred system for 1-1 file transfer is the [[https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html|magic wormhole]] protocol with the [[https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport|rymdport]] cross-platform GUI frontend.+  * My favorite for 1-1 file transfer is [[https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html|magic wormhole]] protocol via [[https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport|rymdport]], although it has significant [[https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport/issues/165|bugs]] 
 +  * There is also [[https://github.com/schollz/croc|croc]] although it needs a comprehensive security review (along with magic wormhole) 
 +  * For 1-to-many transfer, I usually prefer Bittorrent 
 +  * For many-to-many, I like SFTP. Yep, good old SFTP. My preferred server is [[https://sftpgo.com/|SFTPGo]]. It supports S3-compatible cloud storage as a storage backend and allows you to mount as many of those as you want in a virtual filesystem scoped to specific users. Very good. I host it at https://files.qlyoung.net. 
 +  * Honestly, I hate saying it, but dropbox works fine too
  
-For 1-to-many transfer, I usually prefer Bittorrent. 
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-For many-to-many, unfortunately cloud storage a la Google Drive / Dropbox etc appears to be the only real player in town. 
 ==== Phone to phone ==== ==== Phone to phone ====
  
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 For cross-platform iOS <-> Android transfers, I usually reach for [[https://snapdrop.net/|snapdrop]]. However, for transfers of more than 1gb or so, it starts to get sketchy with phone lock timeouts and background task kills frequently resulting in failed transfers. For cross-platform iOS <-> Android transfers, I usually reach for [[https://snapdrop.net/|snapdrop]]. However, for transfers of more than 1gb or so, it starts to get sketchy with phone lock timeouts and background task kills frequently resulting in failed transfers.
  
-{{tag>technology}} 
 I'm not aware of any reliable and broadly available tool that exists in this space. A magic wormhole client for mobile would be amazing. Do you know of one? I'm not aware of any reliable and broadly available tool that exists in this space. A magic wormhole client for mobile would be amazing. Do you know of one?
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 +==== Lol ===
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 +I made this page with its name before seeing this appropriate XKCD: https://xkcd.com/949/
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 +At least I'm not alone.
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 +{{tag>technology}}
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