[sdnog] Some ways to share large files on the internet

[Philip Paeps]

On 2017-08-21 08:59:36 (+0200), Daniel Shaw <danielshaw at protonmail.com> 
wrote:
> Both seem relatively secure. Both are free, and also can be 
> self-installed (it seems).
>
> - https://send.firefox.com/

This one leaks all kinds of data to Google:

https://github.com/mozilla/send/blob/master/docs/metrics.md

Presumably exposure is limited if you refuse to send traffic to Google 
but most users may not be aware of how to do that.

This data leakage can probably also be turned off if you self-host it, 
but that doesn't seem trivial.

> - https://transfer.sh/

This one feels a lot more trustworthy.  It also doesn't look trivial to 
self-host but at least it doesn't leak any data to Google.  It's also 
available as a [Tor hidden service](http://jxm5d6emw5rknovg.onion/).

> (just in case these are useful to anyone - I've not yet tried myself).

I use a self-hosted [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) (formerly 
ownCloud) for this.  It's fairly trivial to install (``pkg install 
nextcloud`` in a jail).  It also comes with [comprehensive 
documentation](https://docs.nextcloud.com/) (not just a README.md file 
in a repository on github.com).

It's a bit heavy-weight for just sending files though.  I'll start 
recommending ``transfer.sh`` for that now.  Thanks for the pointer! :)

Philip

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Philip Paeps
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