How are you sharing files between two party, with which system, app, site, etc.
I want to share some PDF with a friend but I’m becoming really tired of the old Google Drive. So any option is appreciated.
Also I’m finding myself always in the need to share a PDF or a file with an anonymous lemmy user if your option could work in this situation that will be great
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Personally I’m quite big fan of self-hosting, but if you want less a hassle, def try some of the other suggestions.
Since you’re interested in anon file sharing, I’d really recommend you take some time to really think out just what your personal definition of anonymous is, and how well it fits in modern digital infrastructure. True anonymous activity is nearly impossible, you can be fingerprinted by even writing a file to a drive to hand to someone. Every action taken online has some trace to it, while IP is generally not precise information, with enough data overlap you can be reasonably guessed depending on how much effort someone is willing to put into it.
So you know, good luck finding a balance lol.
Self hosted Project Send: https://www.projectsend.org/ in a Docker environment.
An XMPP server. Users with local accounts (long time friends) have almost no restrictions on what can be sent, file size, etc. We have private groups set up, dms, public rooms, etc, more or less like discord. After trying many of the popular chatting and file sharing platforms XMPP seems to be the one that works best for the most people on the most platforms within our group. YMMV.
I’ve been using https://send.vis.ee/
people here seem to like https://catbox.moe/
Honestly, it depends. On the size of the file(s), type of files, etc. But usually either Signal or wormhole. If they’re standing next to me I’ve used Android Quick Share.
You can use https://www.swisstransfer.com/ from infomaniak, it’s privacy respecting, or https://lufi.ethibox.fr/
https://wormhole.app/
E2EE and simple
How do you find such services?
I stumbled upon it a few years back when I was looking for a way to send files directly to peers. I can’t remember if it was from a list of similar services or if I used a search engine. It’s been pretty useful for me.
Signal or Proton Drive
Ah yes the age old problem
If you’re looking for a privacy respecting paid service that’s not just a file locker for pirates I have two recommendations: At a previous workplace, we used LiquidFiles. More catered for commercial uses.
Personally I’ve been using Bitwarden Send. Requires a paid account ($10/year) and limited to 500MB files.
Depends on the size. If it’s small enough I send via Signal. Larger files end up on my Nextcloud instance.
i would probably just email it
onionShare?
protonDrive :/
Honestly signal, I however don’t usually share anon outside of torrents
SimpleX Chat works for your friends. For anonymous sharing I don’t know, Internet Archive?
For sharing with your friends you might look into Magic Wormhole. In my case I just put the file on a personal web site, usually.