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Show HN: BookmarkFS - Store files as Chrome bookmarks that sync
between devices
Author : coolelectronics
Score : 44 points
Date : 2022-09-18 14:29 UTC (8 hours ago)
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| tarunmuvvala wrote:
| This is interesting. Thanks for making.
|
| Can the extension be used to interact with app in mobile?
| evronm wrote:
| Great 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.
| throwoutway wrote:
| 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 transfer files between two devices
| in 2022
| ranger_danger wrote:
| 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 send
| things from one computer to another
|
| https://upload.disroot.org/ - 2GB per file, end to end
| encrypted, source: https://github.com/ldidry/lufi, other
| instances: https://alt.framasoft.org/framadrop/
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| https://datash.co/ - end to end encrypted, made for transfer
| between two devices
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| https://send.tresorit.com/ - 5GB per file, end to end encrypted
|
| https://github.com/kern/filepizza - WebRTC + STUN/TURN file
| transfer between multiple devices
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| https://instant.io/ - WebTorrent transfers between browsers
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| https://wormhole.app/ - share files with end to end encryption
| and a link that expires, or keeps working after closing browser
|
| https://toffeeshare.com/ - p2p, end to end encrypted
|
| https://wetransfer.com/ - emails link to recipient of file
|
| https://docsend.com/ - can protect files with email/pass
| verification. can revoke access or eSign documents
|
| and many, many more. these are just the ones I've seen that are
| geared towards direct transfer between two computers, but
| there's hundreds more sites that offer free file storage, even
| without an account or any personal info needed.
| seized wrote:
| Or for more permanent use cases (since someone is signed into
| Chrome), Syncthing is an excellent tool.
| throwoutway wrote:
| That's fair. I more meant that there's not a native way built
| into OS/browsers that will do it (without installing these
| additional tools). Firefox had it but got rid of it:
| https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-
| firefox-s...
|
| I've resulted to just uploading to my Dropbox/Google Drive
| and pulling it down to another device, but I'm always worried
| about Google deleting my account if it somehow finds the
| ebook/whatever objectionable due to a trigger word.
|
| EDIT: Okay, I didn't know about https://instant.io/ that
| might be interesting for non-sensitive/non-personal
| transfers. Thank you for sharing!
| nashashmi wrote:
| Instant io is great. File limit is how much can fit into
| ram
| jeroenhd wrote:
| I 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
| with my desktop [2]. There's also a Windows binary
| available [3] that supports most features I believe.
|
| This tool allows for file sharing/browsing over LAN/WiFi as
| well as sharing notifications (including quick responses),
| remote keyboard support, integration with SMS messaging,
| and all other kinds of cool stuff. For example, KDE Connect
| also pops up a media player control window notification on
| your phone if you start playing a video in your browser,
| which is super useful because now my smart watch can pause
| my browser. Everything is end-to-end encrypted through
| (basically) standard SSH so you're not relying on cloud
| stuff to make it work.
|
| Android has nerfed keyboard sync (no background access to
| the clipboard without rooting your phone unless you're
| Google or the manufacturer) but there are other benefits as
| well. I rooted my phone just to get this feature back and
| I've got to say that copy/pasting my TOTP codes makes 2FA
| so much easier to deal with.
|
| Apple devices aren't as well-supported yet as the
| restrictive app store policies and lack of developers were
| a problem for the KDE folks for a while. The iOS version
| has recently picked up some speed and I see there's a macOS
| version as well now, so if you're on those platforms you
| could give it a go and see what happens.
|
| [1]: https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
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| [2]: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/
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| [2]: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/kde-
| connect/9N93MRMS...
| djmashko2 wrote:
| FWIW on Mac you can copy-paste a file between devices using
| the iCloud paste thingy.
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