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Good way to send small messages between devices ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sometime i want to send small messages between devices, such as a url, a note, a id, a token, a piece of code, a picture Especially send between phone and laptop.

Some chatting app have self messages such as telegram saved messages, slack (you), Microsoft team...

However i don't want a bloated chat app that would took few hundred mb on phone, or required to install an app on my pc (linux which make many app broken). I don't want work chat app too, because self messages can be seen and scanned by employer (yes, a security add on chatbot on slack warm me because i send something like password to myself on slack)

Something like Opera Flow would fit perfectly, but i don't want opera browser.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I like pairdrop/snapdrop or Google quick share

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Make'em take Trig courses daily, they'll start passing notes in no time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

All the listed options are nice but if you are looking for something more portable and doesn't require any installing, I recommend PairDrop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm using Pushbullet to send messages, URLs, files between devices.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

http://www.omnicopy.de/

Best thing I’ve used in forever.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Depending on what your are doing kde connect and/or sync thing

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

+1 for KDE Connect.

Especially in OPs use case of transmitting small snippets such as urls, the automatic clipboard synchronization should be very useful.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

For sending over small stuff, I usually generate a qr code and scan it with the other device.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I have a discord DM to myself that I use.

Oh, posted this before I read the rest of your message lol. Nvm.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Notes in Google Keep will sync between mobile and web

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Linux pc + android phone - use Syncthing

Linux pc + iPhone - use KDE connect (or GSConnect for GNOME)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't need a Linux PC to use KDE Connect, it works perfectly fine under windows too

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Kdeconnect/gsconnect is also on Android

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, they are on android but I prefer syncthing over KDEconnect/GConnect, mostly due to the issues I had when trying to use it over vpn.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Email?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

KDE Connect

Signal

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

LocalSend

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Could try Briar. It works over bluetooth LAN network, or over internet via TOR. Has a linux, mac, windows, and android version.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Localsend is a good one to try out. Works with all devices and is pretty fast. It does however require an app to run.

For something you can run off the web on PC you can try pairdrop. This doesn't require an app to work on PC. Haven't tried it without the app on mobile so not sure if it will work on there via web.

I prefer Localsend over pairdrop due to local send being completely server less and all local.

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