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file storage hack
SHOW HN2022
79points
14comments
#728of 2,570 in 2022
Top 29%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Idea: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clever hack, fun to see
From 2 comments
Clever! I like a good discovery like this! Rather than infinite storage, I’d be interested in using it for just the occasional file transfer. I still hate how hard it is to…
throwoutway on HNGreat to see people hacking just for the sake of hacking. And who knows, someone somewhere may actually find a good use for it. Thanks for sharing.
evronm on HN
Objections
Google account suspension risk from storing files in Chrome bookmarks
From 1 comment
Is there anything in Google/Chrome TOS that might make this illegal? I'd hate to wake up one day to find all my Google accounts suspended.
butz on HN
Requests
Mobile app support
From 1 comment
This is interesting. Thanks for making. Can the extension be used to interact with app in mobile?
tarunmuvvala on HN
Questions
Can the extension be used with mobile apps?
From 1 comment
This is interesting. Thanks for making. Can the extension be used to interact with app in mobile?
tarunmuvvala on HN
Is it against Google/Chrome terms of service?
From 1 comment
Is there anything in Google/Chrome TOS that might make this illegal? I'd hate to wake up one day to find all my Google accounts suspended.
butz on HN
Alternatives named
Magic Wormhole, croc, instant.io, Syncthing, KDE Connect
From 3 comments
It's really not at all. https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole - get things from one computer to another, safely https://github.com/schollz/croc - Easily and securely…
ranger_danger on HNOr for more permanent use cases (since someone is signed into Chrome), Syncthing is an excellent tool.
seized on HNI personally use KDE Connect ([1]) on Linux; I use GNOME on my computers but luckily there's also a shell extension that's compatible with the protocol which integrates nicely…
jeroenhd on HN