along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 15 hours agoThe EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDroparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkThe EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDroparstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 15 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarevollkorntomate@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 hours agoThere’s the research project OpenDrop from a few years ago: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop (Disclaimer: I had a student job at SEEMOO and wrote my thesis there, though I was not involved with OpenDrop)
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoUpvote for disclaimers like this. We need more people who openly share potential conflicts of interest:)
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoWhich is great, but it doesn’t solve the interoperability problem of being able to AirDrop files between someone’s iPhone/MacBook and your Linux/Android
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoWe can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 hours agoBecause these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoHow do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 hours agoNo idea, never had an iOS device
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoIt’s only a matter of time now /edit: there seems to be This one however it is the „old“ standard reverse engineered. Should still work
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoBut NearDrop is not compatible with airdrop, is it?
Linux when?
There’s the research project OpenDrop from a few years ago:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
(Disclaimer: I had a student job at SEEMOO and wrote my thesis there, though I was not involved with OpenDrop)
Upvote for disclaimers like this. We need more people who openly share potential conflicts of interest:)
I just use localsend.
Which is great, but it doesn’t solve the interoperability problem of being able to AirDrop files between someone’s iPhone/MacBook and your Linux/Android
Same.
We can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?
Because these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.
How do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?
No idea, never had an iOS device
It’s only a matter of time now
/edit: there seems to be This one however it is the „old“ standard reverse engineered. Should still work
There is also neardrop
But NearDrop is not compatible with airdrop, is it?