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Browser-based Peer to Peer file transfer

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On your home LAN, it is easy to send files from one device to another, but when you are away from home, things get trickier. Of course, if you are visiting a friend's home, a USB drive can be a useful tool for transferring files, but what if no one is available to move them? It is not uncommon to have a bunch of media files to share after a trip with family or friends. You can share these on social media (this is what they want you to do). However, there are several reasons you might want to keep them private, so the next question is how to share them without using cloud services.  Email comes to mind, but there are usually limits on the maximum size allowed for messages, and you might overload some recipients' mailboxes to the point where they fail to receive some of the content. And if you are a bit worried about using cloud services, email also involves some Internet servers, too.  Some peer-to-peer file sharing apps exist, but they are typically designed to allow files to ...