commit b1b4ae1d7163b7f84a91520ec39ea16ffe84d08a parent 2349d0b20b1799d006e4ee1cace492c56f671b10 Author: CLASSIFIED <847785bd-d466-47cd-a536-eae4096d241d@anonaddy.me> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 16:44:34 -0500 Added note about encryption See #128 Diffstat:
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md @@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ Thanks a lot for supporting free and open software! It uses a P2P connection if WebRTC is supported by the browser. (WebRTC needs a Signaling Server, but it is only used to establish a connection and is not involved in the file transfer). ##### What about privacy? Will files be saved on third-party-servers? -None of your files are ever sent to any server. Files are sent only between peers. Snapdrop doesn't even use a database. If you are curious have a look [at the Server](https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/server/). +None of your files are ever sent to any server. Files are sent only between peers. Snapdrop doesn't even use a database. If you are curious have a look [at the Server](https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/server/). Even if Snapdrop was able to view the files being transfered, WebRTC encrypts the files on transit, so the server would be unable to read them. + +##### What about security? Are my files encrypted while being sent between the computers? +Yes. Your files are sent using WebRTC, which encrypts them on transit. ##### Is SnapDrop a fork of ShareDrop? No. ShareDrop is built with Ember. Snapdrop is built with vanilla ES6.