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276 points leonry | 2 comments | 19 Oct 24 12:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.404s | source
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gpm ◴[19 Oct 24 18:20 UTC] No.41889545[source]▶
Slightly off topic: I'm a fan of solutions like https://webwormhole.io/ - which lets you send the file directly from one computer to the other via webrtc instead of uploading to a middleman server... at the expense of not being able to generate a link that you can send to someone else and forget about.
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1. EasyMark ◴[20 Oct 24 18:01 UTC] No.41897208[source]▶
Wouldn’t it need to at least go through the middle man as a relay for webrtc to work? Most people are behind so many layers I don’t see how webrtc could work any other way for the average user.
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2. gpm ◴[20 Oct 24 21:54 UTC] No.41898804[source]▶
WebRtc usually manages to punch a hole in my experience (which, to be fair, isn't with particularly hostile network architecture), but I believe it does go through a middle man relay if that fails.