best foss peer to peer, encrypted file transfer app (lemmy.ml)

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i want to send private documents and things to someone, whats the best app in your opinion. needs to work on linux and other things too

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[-] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

No, Syncthing isn't a self hosted cloud but a real p2p transfer tool.
There are discovery servers enabling devices to find each other but files are rarely transferred through them.

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