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Re:Show HN: LANDrop – A cross-platform AirDrop-like file tra... by yvbbrjdr on Saturday June 12, 2021 @09:10AM (#27484241)
- It's mainly me and some friends that does non-code stuff. No companies involved at this moment. - No cloud service is used. Your app doesn't connect to the Internet. See the privacy policy. - :) will post screenshots when I have time.

Will fix the typo!

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Re:Show HN: LANDrop – A cross-platform AirDrop-like file tra... by GekkePrutser on Saturday June 12, 2021 @10:20AM (#27484678)
Ah cool, no company involvement makes it much more interesting to me. Because sooner or later they'll always want to monetise and that has privacy impacts generally.

I missed the internet part, sorry! It doesn't say so explicitly, just that the info is not collected. But how do the peers find each other then?

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Re:Show HN: LANDrop – A cross-platform AirDrop-like file tra... by yvbbrjdr on Saturday June 12, 2021 @12:02PM (#27485343)
It doesn't use the Internet, but it does send broadcasts to your local network for discovery.
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