First-party solutions exist, such as SkyDrive and iCloud, but these programs also save a copy to the cloud, and for various reasons, such as the NSA having access to Microsoft and Apple’s servers) and other potential security hazards, this might not be desirable. Furthermore, every transfer is encrypted, and people can only access your shared files/folders if they have the correct secret key - and yes, this key can be a one-time secret, enabling some very interesting usage scenarios.īitTorrent Sync, as the name suggests, tackles one of modern life’s most pertinent problems: Syncing your photos, videos, and documents across all of your devices. Most importantly, though, Sync is based on the peer-to-peer BitTorrent protocol, so your files move directly from one device to another, never passing through an insecure intermediary.
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Sync is a free tool that synchronizes files across all of your devices (Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, Android, iOS coming soon), and also allows you to share those files with friends and family (a la Dropbox).
Perhaps the company’s most important innovation since its co-founder Bram Cohen released the BitTorrent protocol in 2001, BitTorrent Sync has now entered public beta and is available to download.
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