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How secure is sending files over Bluetooth?
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this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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What's so bad about servers?
Both are open source.
The signaling server just sees the IPs of your devices and matches them by roomID.
The turn server sees only locally encrypted files and your IPs (and it is used only IF you are behind a NAT).
As far as I see, there is no way for anything bad happening, but I am happy to learn if you know something. If you need it for a proof, I'd gladly give you some of my IPs and encrypted files - see what you can do with them.
My concern is has more to do with metadata, wich can be collected. If there's a local alternative or a self-hosted one for something, I'm more inclined to use these than something that depends on a third party.
You can selfhost PairDrop though. Including the signaling and turn server. It's open source.
Ok, that's great!
I'd rather not upload my files on remote servers. No matter if open source or no
The file does not get uploaded to remote servers. It passes through them, fully encrypted, and the server does not have the keys to decrypt your files.
What does this mean vs uploaded?
It's transient.