along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agoThe EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDroparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1202cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up1202external-linkThe EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDroparstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squarevollkorntomate@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 days 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-up8·2 days agoUpvote for disclaimers like this. We need more people who openly share potential conflicts of interest:)
minus-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIs this really a case of conflict of interest though?
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt’s a potential one. Rather people flag anything that could be a conflict of interest, whether they think it is or not. Than be silent about it.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days 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-up4·3 days agoWe can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoBecause these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoHow do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNo idea, never had an iOS device
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days 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-up2·3 days 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:)
Is this really a case of conflict of interest though?
It’s a potential one. Rather people flag anything that could be a conflict of interest, whether they think it is or not. Than be silent about it.
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?