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File sharing over BT is insecure, obsolete, and not widely-supported. It's better to deal with reality that BLE-capable apps and cloud apps are universal replac

File sharing over BT is insecure, obsolete, and not widely-supported. It's better to deal with reality that BLE-capable apps and cloud apps are universal replacements.

celsoazevedo 5y ago
> not widely-supported Can you mention one main stream phone or tablet released in the past 10 years that doesn't support bluetooth file transfer? Android certainly supports it and I also remember using it on Windows Phone. As far as I know, only iOS (and iPadOS) doesn't... a bit weird as Apple supports it on macOS (just tested by sending a photo from my 2021 M1 MBP → Android phone). Anyway, is it the best option available today? No. Speeds alone are a good reason to avoid it. But Airdrop only works with Apple devices and Nearby Share is for Android (and apparently Windows in the future[0]), so the alternative is either a cloud app or some cross platform app which both sides need to install (who wants to do that just to transfer a file?). [0] https://9to5google.com/2022/01/05/google-nearby-share-android-windows/ https://9to5google.com/2022/01/05/google-nearby-share-androi...