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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t that horribly insecure? I have my doubts regarding privacy. LocalSend sends to the device directly, without an intermediary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure it only uses the intermediary to establish a P2P connection over WebRTC.