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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by Etheryte on Monday October 06, 2025 @05:27AM (#45489448)
That's all nice and dandy, but what about sending data the other way, from a phone to a desktop? Meticulously typing in long strings of text with no mistakes is not really a practical solution for the vast majority of users.
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by simianparrot on Monday October 06, 2025 @05:37AM (#45489507)
QR codes?
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by leetrout on Monday October 06, 2025 @05:42AM (#45489540)
Not all desktops have cameras.
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by Etheryte on Monday October 06, 2025 @06:08AM (#45489685)
The vast majority of desktops do not have a camera.
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by placardloop on Monday October 06, 2025 @06:39AM (#45489879)
You can still generate the QR code in the desktop and scan it with your phone camera. The device receiving the file does not have to be the device that scans the code.
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by password4321 on Monday October 06, 2025 @08:38AM (#45490708)
The moderately technical solution is a single-file webserver on the computer that supports file uploads, like https://github.com/sigoden/dufs.

Once it is running all you need to type on the phone is the IP:port.

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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by bobbylarrybobby on Monday October 06, 2025 @11:07AM (#45492236)
Start web server on desktop, show QR on desktop, scan with phone, phone posts key to route in QR code
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by doublerabbit on Monday October 06, 2025 @11:46AM (#45492637)
LANDrop
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Re:Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, ... by mhitza on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:01PM (#45494184)
Localsend, if you're on the same wifi network. Works decently for sending files between Android/iOS/Desktop (sometimes on iOS the app must be closed and reopened a couple of times before non iOS devices can detect it, for some reason).

I use magic wormhole everywhere else, servers, vms, etc.

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