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Mozilla's Send is Basically the Snapchat of File Sharing (theverge.com)
Mozilla has launched a new website that makes it really easy to send a file from one person to another. From a report: The site is called Send, and it's basically the Snapchat of file sharing: after a file has been downloaded once, it disappears for good. That might sound like a gimmick, but it underscores what the site is meant for. It's designed for quick and private sharing between two people -- not for long-term hosting or distributing files to a large group. It supports files up to 1GB, and after uploading something, it'll give you a link to send to someone else. That link will expire once they've downloaded it or once 24 hours have passed.
Won't someone think of the children!
https://xkcd.com/949/
I know my parents want something like this.
Here's an alternate idea for Mozilla:
- Fix the browser; get back to the original mission of a fast no-bloat browser
- Fire everyone but the five developers it takes to do that and donate any excess money left in the Foundation to the EFF
I use to share videos of my wife
I really couldn't care less if you do or do not see the point, as long as you keep those videos of your wive coming.
CLI paste? paste.pr0.tips!
My first concern was that it'll actually do what they say, not keep logs, etc.
What's in it for Mozilla? Corporate altruism is extremely rare, or even logical from a business standpoint.
Maybe it's providing more PR visibility for Firefox since it uses that domain name? That seems weak though.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
I can name a number of file sharing services, both paid and free, which offer this functionality. It is nice to have a temporary file service that is part of a web browser and that (hopefully) doesn't require a ton of signing up and such. However, I wouldn't mind Mozilla focus on core things as well. Firefox, Servo, and Rust are useful, but SeaMonkey and Thunderbird are still important, as Thunderbird is a major real cross platform MUA next to mutt.
With email, you send a message to someone else by uploading it to your email server. Your email server then contacts the recipient's email server, and transfers the message. The message then waits for the recipient to log in and check for email on the server, and it downloads so he can read it. With FTP, you have to upload the file to a server you both have access to. Why not use the same method as email? Upload the file to your server, and your server tracks down the recipients server and transfers the file. Never understood why FTP wasn't set up that way.
Yep. I'll stick with direct peer to peer file sharing.
That's the entire point of services like Mozilla's "Send" and likely soon several other similar 'me too!' services suddenly being rolled out and hyped heavily by major and minor players alike; Laying the groundwork towards ultimately eliminating the capability for direct connections between regular people, making it mandatory for any data, message, etc to pass through some service's servers where it can all be slurped-up by TLAs with just a relative handful of incoming data acquisition streams while simultaneously creating streamlined legal and bureaucratic procedures and reduced red tape. And, all this with less public transparency and accountability than ever.
The new chorus will be: "You can send anything you like legally for free through $TRANSFERSERVICE, only criminals who need to hide something from authorities need a direct connection, especially using hard encryption you terrorist drug-dealing pedo opponent of the current ruling power-bloc!"
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
but SeaMonkey and Thunderbird are still important
I hate to break it to you but Mozilla parted ways[*] with Thunderbird and SeaMonkey some time ago. The developers hired by Mozilla, mainly focus on Firefox/Rust/everything you just mentioned solely. Now that being a good thing or bad thing is, I am sure, a topic for discussion.
[*] Mozilla still proves legal advice/backing and hosting of code for the two projects. However, no Mozilla developer works on either of these projects directly (obviously there's dabbling). They are now community developed and overseen by Thunderbird Council and SeaMonkey Council respectively. Additionally, there is some leeway granted to these two projects in respect to Copyrighted material like logos and what not.
I get...
Your browser is not supported.
Unfortunately this browser does not support the web technology that powers
Firefox Send. You’ll need to try another browser. We recommend Firefox!
...when I try to access the service.
If Mozilla's strategy is to lure back old users with web based services like Send, they are going to have to ensure that the service works seamlessly for the people that I exchange files with, without trying to force them to change their browser first. Even if I eventually make the switch to Firefox, I can hardly expect everyone that I exchange files with to do the same in order to be able to receive the files that I send.