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minus-squarevollkorntomate@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 days agoThere’s the research project OpenDrop from a few years ago: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop (Disclaimer: I had a student job at SEEMOO and wrote my thesis there, though I was not involved with OpenDrop)
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoUpvote for disclaimers like this. We need more people who openly share potential conflicts of interest:)
minus-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIs this really a case of conflict of interest though?
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s a potential one. Rather people flag anything that could be a conflict of interest, whether they think it is or not. Than be silent about it.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoWhich is great, but it doesn’t solve the interoperability problem of being able to AirDrop files between someone’s iPhone/MacBook and your Linux/Android
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoIt’s only a matter of time now /edit: there seems to be This one however it is the „old“ standard reverse engineered. Should still work
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoBut NearDrop is not compatible with airdrop, is it?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 days agoWe can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoBecause these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoHow do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 days agoNo idea, never had an iOS device
Linux when?
There’s the research project OpenDrop from a few years ago:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
(Disclaimer: I had a student job at SEEMOO and wrote my thesis there, though I was not involved with OpenDrop)
Upvote for disclaimers like this. We need more people who openly share potential conflicts of interest:)
Is this really a case of conflict of interest though?
It’s a potential one. Rather people flag anything that could be a conflict of interest, whether they think it is or not. Than be silent about it.
I just use localsend.
Which is great, but it doesn’t solve the interoperability problem of being able to AirDrop files between someone’s iPhone/MacBook and your Linux/Android
Same.
It’s only a matter of time now
/edit: there seems to be This one however it is the „old“ standard reverse engineered. Should still work
There is also neardrop
But NearDrop is not compatible with airdrop, is it?
We can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?
Because these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.
How do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?
No idea, never had an iOS device