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> studies by TU researchers at the Department of Computer Science show that uninvited people can also tap into data.

Cool. Security research is important.

> The research team developed a solution that could replace the flawed AirDrop.

Wait, what? Nobody will want to install some third-party tool over this.

The way I read it their implementation was more of a proof of concept of a better privacy preserving system that works in the same way. Rather than a separate app.

I would actually love a similar (open source) system, that is working cross-platform.

EDIT: I just found snapdrop [1], but haven't given it a try yet.

[1] https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop

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