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It is like Airdrop but for interdevice transfer! PC to Mac to Iphone to Android to Linux to Windows etc. to almost anything…",[62],{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"WebRTC","commenter",[66],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"49749742","tredre3","> None of your files are ever sent to any server. Files are sent only between peers. Snapdrop doesn't even use a database. If you are curious have a look at the Server. 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I have it on my (somewhat popular) list https:\u002F\u002Fgist.github.com\u002FSMUsamaShah\u002Ffd6e275e44009b72f64d0570256bb3b2…",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"49752445","sfwf","First, snapdrop shouldn't be used at all, it was sold to LimeWire along with some other similar P2P sites (sharedrop, easyupload) so only https:\u002F\u002Fpairdrop.net\u002F can be trusted.…",{"id":96,"by":89,"text":97},"49749251","Looking at the history of the github repo of this show hn, the readme was previously linking to now Sold to LimeWire SnapDrop.net. Github author recently changed that to…",{"value":99,"source":64,"evidence":100},"Ads cover nearby devices on mobile",[101],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"49750104","bart3r","I wanted to try it out, so i fired it up on my laptop and my phone. 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