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along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 hours ago

The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop

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The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop

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along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 hours ago
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Google’s Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.
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    9 hours ago

    Linux when?

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      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)

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      I just use localsend.

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        8 minutes ago

        Same.

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      We can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?

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        How do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?

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          No idea, never had an iOS device

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        4 hours ago

        Because these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.

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      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

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        There is also neardrop

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