along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 days agoThe EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDroparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down13cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up1154arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squarevollkorntomate@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up24·6 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-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-26 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-up4arrow-down1·6 days agoWe can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 days agoBecause these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoHow do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 days agoNo idea, never had an iOS device
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 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-up2·6 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)
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?