Mayank Sharma
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FILE SHARING
OnionShare
Version: 2.6 Web: https://onionshare.org
There’s a growing list of secure file transfer services that help you ferry large files across the internet without placing trust in centralised services such as Dropbox or Google Drive. But then again, these security-centric services usually require you to create an account or employ other means to ensure your transfers aren’t anonymous. OnionShare, which transfers files over the Tor network, can help you maintain both.
There are various ways to install OnionShare for Linux, but the recommended way is to use either the Flatpak or the Snap package. You can grab the app from FlatHub with flatpak install flathub org. onionshare.OnionShare .
The first order of business after firing up the app is to smash the Connect To Tor button. You can also toggle the auto-connect option to save yourself a click. After you’ve latched on to the Tor network, the app shows you the four buttons available for its four different functions.
To share files, select the Share Files option and just add the files or folders you wish to share. The app then generates a .onion URL that you have to pass on to the recipient, along with the private key. You can optionally make the share public, which makes the files available to anyone with the .onion URL.
The person at the other end doesn’t need the OnionShare app. Instead they have to use the Tor Browser to open the URL, along with the private key to download the files. You can also ask the app to show a QR code for the URL as well as the public key.
You can also run in Receive mode, which enables people to upload files into your computer. Think of it as a sort of a personal dropbox. You can also use the application to publish a static website on the Tor network with the Host A Website option. It asks
