Tech people don't use rsync or FTP because those are terrible solutions. FTP is insecure and requires setting up a server. Rsync requires an account on both machines. In my experience companies usually end up paying for a service that solves this problem for their employees. Yes really. Anyway I would suggest using https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ or RustDesk. RustDesk has a nice GUI and file... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

I use wormhole to transfer data quickly all the time. I assume it's good, but have not looked into it too much. The developers claim the data is encrypted, and you can read more about it here. It appears to be open source which is a good sign. Although to be honest, if I'm transferring sensitive data, I encrypt it myself with GPG just to be sure. Source: over 1 year ago

If you are ok with CLI tools, try Magic Wormhole. Source: almost 2 years ago

Here's what I would do: use Magic Wormhole. Https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. Source: about 2 years ago

p2p file sharing? https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. Source: about 3 years ago

Have you tried LocalSend⁽¹⁾ before? I share the same experience with Snapdrop-like websites, self hosted or otherwise, where establishing connections would have a 30% failure rate, speeds progressively deteriorate on very large files, and bundling files together would need them to zipped first which can waste time. LocalSend has none of these issues and has been rock solid in my year of use so far, and I also like... - Source: Hacker News / about 10 hours ago

I agree and get your point. But localsend has worked well for me. Yes, it requires an app but if we could get vendors to bundle that rather than a boatload of bloatware. I know that it would be to optimistic to hope for Google. See https://localsend.org/ Spread the word. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

But they also have Terms of Service (https://localsend.org/#/terms-of-service) which are not so great:

    You represent that you are over the age of 18. The Company does not permit those under 18 to use the Service.

- Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

[1]: https://localsend.org/#/terms-of-service. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

They have the best privacy policy ever: https://localsend.org/#/privacy. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago