share files trade-free
Images, videos, audio files, text….applications, archives….how can we share files in the digital universe? Popular services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or iCloud seem to be the “way to go” for the task. However, they ask you for many trades such as currency trade (like money), data, attention (ads and promotions), or artificial limitations in order for you to subscribe for their “pro” or “premium” accounts. You have to trade a lot with them, give them your currency, data, attention, privacy, or register with them in order to use their services.
Here’s Ana and Bubu again. They want to share files with each other. Their photos and videos, or a lot more than that. That’s all they want and the world stays between them. How can they do it?
If they would use one of those popular file sharing platforms, then Ana would have to register with one of them and trade a lot to that company, and after they approve her, Ana can upload the files to that company’s servers via the browser or a desktop/mobile app. She can, at times depending on the service, share the files with Bubu via a custom link that she has to send him via email or any other methods. Sometimes it is required that Bubu should have an account with the same company in order to get the files. This is how most people share the files. Ana goes through a multi-step process to register and trade with a company, to then upload the photos manually to their servers or download and install their desktop application, and then use a 3rd party method such as email to send a link to Bubu. Bubu may need the same desktop application or at times only a browser to receive the files (download or sync them).
A saman yawancin kasuwancin da aka tilasta musu yin, ana sarrafa fayilolin su 100% ta kamfani. Idan kamfanin ya yanke shawarar cewa fayilolin ba "ok" (ba bisa doka ba ko duk abin da za su kira su), to kamfanin zai cire fayilolin. Kamfanin kuma yana iya ganin hotunan tsiraicin Ana idan ya so, ko kuma wakokin soyayya na Bubu da ya aika wa Ana a matsayin takardun rubutu. Rarraba fayil ɗin su ya gurgunta tare da cinikai kuma gaba ɗaya bawa ga ƙa'idodin kamfani da "ɗabi'u". Sauran kamfanoni irin su WeTransfer suna yin kamar su 'yanci ne ta hanyar barin masu amfani su loda fayiloli har zuwa X GB zuwa sabar su kuma raba abubuwan da aka yi tare da wasu ba tare da masu amfani sun biya kuɗi ko yin rijista da su ba. Koyaya, kamar yadda zaku iya fahimta zuwa yanzu, waɗannan basu da ciniki tunda galibi suna cike da tallace-tallace da dabarun hakar bayanai.
Don haka, to, ta yaya Ana zai iya raba manyan fayiloli (wataƙila marasa iyaka) tare da Bubu ta hanyar da ba ta kasuwanci ba?
A zahiri akwai manyan hanyoyi guda biyu wanda mutum zai iya raba fayiloli akan layi. Na farko, classic "Loda zuwa uwar garke" style. Kuma wannan uwar garken yana aiki azaman tsarin ajiya. Yana adana fayilolin kuma sauran mutane suna iya samun damar su kowane lokaci. Amfanin irin wannan tsarin shine cewa fayilolin suna samuwa koyaushe. Babban fa'ida shine rarraba fayil ɗin tsakiya yana zuwa tare da babban nauyi kuma ba ku taɓa sanin wanda ke bayan waɗannan sabar ko abin da suke yi da fayilolinku ba. Har ila yau, yawancin irin waɗannan ayyuka suna da iyaka ta fuskar sararin ajiya.
Hanya ta biyu ita ce hanyar "nodes". Sabis da yawa ko kwamfutocin mutane suna haɗa juna, kuma lokacin da Ana raba wani abu sai nodes ɗin kawai suna haɗa ta da Bubu, don ba da damar canja wurin fayiloli kai tsaye tsakanin su biyun. Kadan nodes ɗin su sami damar karanta/samar da kowane fayil ɗin da su biyun ke aikawa.
MATAKI NA 1: MAI GASKIYA WUTA
Magani ɗaya mai sauƙi shine nau'in WeTransfer wanda ba shi da ciniki. Balloons daya ne irin wannan madadin. Buɗewar tushen software wanda kowa zai iya girka akan sabar sa kuma ƙirƙirar WeTransfer mara ciniki. nan are some Lufi instances that simply let you upload files and then copy the URL and share it with anyone you want. No bullshit. No ads. No data mining. And encrypted, so that no such instance can read what you are uploading. A more complex but full-featured solution is NextCloud. This one allows for a great control over files (from versioning to backups or automated sync). However, unless Ana really knows how to install and run NextCloud on her own computer and transform her computer into a network, then Ana is at the mercy of other servers (like in the case of Lufi) that may provide a trade-free (and limited) NextCloud instances. This can be very rare to find since NextCloud is more than a simple file-sharing and hosting service, so it requires a lot of server power. Even the instances that provide a “free” NextCloud instance, often charge for more storage or “premium” features, so they are not really trade-free. In essence, yes, there are honest WeTransfer services that allow you to share files trade-free. But they are limited in terms of storage space.
LEVEL 2: DECENTRALIZED DROPBOX
Hanya mafi kyau don raba adadin fayiloli marasa iyaka shine don canja wurin fayiloli kai tsaye daga juna zuwa wani. Nodes suna yin haka, ta hanyar nemo gada tsakanin Ana da Bubu. Don haka lokacin da Ana aika fayil zuwa Bubu, nodes sun haɗa biyun. Babban abin takaici shine duka Ana da Bubu dole su kasance kan layi don fayilolin don canja wurin. Amma tun da yake muna da alaƙa koyaushe da intanet a kwanakin nan, wataƙila wannan ba babban hasara ba ne. Ganin cewa babu wanda zai iya share duk fayilolin da kuke rabawa, wannan hanyar ita ce mafi dacewa. Yi la'akari da wannan hanyar azaman sabis ɗin isar da fakitin layi (kamar sabis ɗin gidan waya). Ana aika kunshin zuwa Bubu, kuma ofishin gidan waya ko sabis ɗin bayarwa yana samun kunshin daga Ana zuwa Bubu ba tare da buɗe shi ba. Haka ya kamata a yi. Ba kamar Google Driver ko Dropbox suke yi ba, ta hanyar buɗe kunshin tare da cire duk wani abun ciki da suke ɗauka a matsayin "ba daidai ba". Mafi kyawun ɓangaren wannan Raba fayil na Mataki na 2 shine cewa sabis ɗin isar da kunshin bai ma san girman fakitin sau da yawa ba, ko kuma su waye Ana ko Bubu.
Don haka, lokacin da ya zo ga raba fayil ɗin dogara ga sabobin (ma'ana ta tsakiya) za a iyakance shi dangane da adadin fayilolin da zaku iya rabawa ko waɗanne nau'ikan, koda lokacin da muke magana game da sabis mara ciniki. Hanya mafi kyau ita ce haɗa kai tsaye Ana da Bubu, ba ta hanyar aya ɗaya ba, amma da yawa (kamar nodes). Ta haka Ana iya aikawa da hotuna tsirara da hotuna na falaki da bidiyo ga Bubu yadda take so, kuma ba wanda zai iya ko dai ya yi waka ko ya takaita adadin nawa za ta iya aikawa.
Kasuwanci Kyauta
Bellow za mu ba da shawarar wasu ƙa'idodi marasa ciniki don TROMjaro waɗanda ke ba Ana da Bubu damar raba fayiloli tare da juna. Za mu jaddada mahimman siffofi guda 4 ga kowannensu:
SAUKIN AMFANI
SIRRI
AMINCI
DYNAMIC
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Syncthing is perhaps the best file-sharing application. Very easy to use, since all you have to do is to share your ID with your friend, then you are connected. The next simple step is to add a folder to your sharing list, and then share this folder with your friend. Say you create a new folder on your computer and name it “Bubu”. Add it to Syncthing and share it with your friend. Whatever you add to the “Bubu” folder will automatically be shared with your friend and copied to his/her computer. As simple as that. On top of it Syncthing can keep versions of the files, so in case you delete or change any, it will keep a backup of that.
Syncthing yana zuwa an riga an shigar dashi akan TROMjaro saboda yana da sauƙin amfani, yana da sirri (haɗin haɗin gwiwa zuwa nodes an rufaffen), yana da aminci sosai kuma yana da ƙarfi sosai tunda yana daidaita duk canje-canje zuwa kowane fayil ta atomatik. Ana iya amfani da shi har ma don adanawa. Iyakar abin da ke cikin Syncthing shine baya goyan bayan "hannun jari na jama'a" - kamar raba "hanyar hanyar haɗi" ko wani abu tare da mutane da yawa a matsayin jama'a. Mutane suna buƙatar haɗi zuwa gare ku ɗaya bayan ɗaya, don ku raba fayiloli tare da su. Don haka, Syncthing an tsara shi zuwa raba fayil na sirri.
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Amule shine aikace-aikacen da ke ba ku damar shiga ED2K hanyar sadarwa. An tsara shi don raba fayil, tashoshi da taɗi, da ƙari. Don haka "sauƙin amfani" ba haka bane idan duk abin da kuke so shine raba wasu fayiloli tare da abokanka. Hakanan kuna iya raba fayiloli a bainar jama'a tare da kowa akan hanyar sadarwar ED2K ko tare da duk wanda ke da abokin ciniki na hanyar sadarwar. Zai iya zama mai sauƙi kamar raba "hanyar hanyar haɗi" tare da abokinka kuma shi/ta buɗe shi tare da Amule. Amincewar ba haka bane kuma ba mu sani ba idan an rufaffen haɗin tsakanin nodes (sabar) ba. Amma kuna iya raba fayiloli da manyan fayiloli da yawa kamar yadda kuke so tare da Amule kuma a saman hakan zai sa ido kan canje-canjen da aka yi wa waɗannan manyan fayiloli kuma sabunta su ta atomatik (don haka yana da ƙarfi).
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Watsawa shine a BitTorrent abokin ciniki. Ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin sadarwa mafi aminci a can. Domin raba fayiloli tare da Watsawa dole ne ka ƙirƙiri fayil na "torrent" daga fayil ko babban fayil. Don haka ka ce kuna son raba babban fayil tare da Ana, kun ƙara babban fayil ɗin zuwa Transmission sannan dole ne ku ƙara da hannu "trackers" (nodes) zuwa jerin. Idan baku saba da wannan ba to za ku yi wahala sosai don wannan shine babban abin da yakamata ku yi don “ganowa” fayil ɗin Ana. Idan kun sami damar yin wannan, yana da sauƙin raba babban fayil ɗin ko dai ta hanyar hanyar haɗin gwiwa (magnet) ko ta hanyar fayil (torrent), duka biyu suna aiki azaman rami tsakanin ku biyu. Ana iya samun sauƙin kwafin hanyar haɗin da kuka ba ta, zuwa Transmission kuma zazzagewar za ta fara.
Watsawa, kamar duk abokan ciniki na BitTorrent, ba su da ƙarfi. Idan kun raba babban fayil to wannan shine kawai kuke rabawa. Duk wani canje-canje ga babban fayil ba za a tura zuwa Ana ba. Dole ne ku sake maimaita tsarin tare da kowane canji. An tsara watsawa zuwa ga rabon lokaci ɗaya. Idan kuna son raba babban fayil mara ƙarfi tare da duniya a bainar jama'a, BitTorrent ita ce hanya mafi kyau don yin ta, kuma Watsawa abu ne mai sauƙin amfani da abokin ciniki idan kun fahimci menene masu sa ido da yadda ake ƙara su.
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WebTorrent is another BitTorrent client, but this one is perhaps the easiest to use of them all. Again, it does not support dynamic folders and we do not know if the connections to the nodes are encrypted, but to share a folder/file is as easy as clicking “Share Folder” or “Share File”. WebTorrent adds the BitTorrent trackers on its own so all you have to do is to share the magnet link or the torrent file with your friend(s).
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The DAT Network is a new and very interesting network. It allows for people to connect with others in a decentralized way. Since it is still new, it is not very reliable and connections are not always established. But when it works, the DAT desktop makes it extremely easy to share and receive files, as that’s the sole purpose of this app. It encrypts the connections between peers and it supports dynamic folders.
So, choose a folder to share with Ana and then send her the unique DAT url so that she can receive it with the DAT Desktop. And any changes you make to that folder, will be automatically pushed to Ana’s computer. As easy as that!
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BiglyBT wani abokin ciniki ne na BitTorrent, amma ya fi rikitarwa don amfani. Duk da haka yana ba da ƙarin zaɓuɓɓuka. Babu manyan fayiloli masu ƙarfi, amma amintacce kuma abin dogaro. Idan Ana yana so ya yi amfani da BiglyBT don raba fayiloli ta hanyar da ta fi rikitarwa (tare da takamaiman dokoki da irin wannan), to BiglyBT na iya zama kayan aiki mai kyau don hakan. In ba haka ba, Ana ya fi kyau raba fayiloli ta amfani da wasu aikace-aikacen.
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RetroShare yana da yawa fiye da aikace-aikacen raba fayil. A gaskiya ba don haka ake nufi ba, ana nufin imel, taɗi, tattaunawa, da kuma raba fayil. Don haka, ga matsakaita mai amfani wannan na iya zama ɗan wahala don kewayawa idan kawai abin da suke buƙata shine raba fayiloli. Yana goyan bayan manyan fayiloli masu ƙarfi ko da yake, wanda shine babban ƙari lokacin da kuke son raba fayilolin da zaku iya canzawa, ko ƙara / cire fayiloli bayan kun raba babban fayil.
RetroShare ba abin dogaro ba ne wajen kafa haɗin kai tsakanin takwarorinsu don haka a kula da hakan. Babban ɓangaren RetroShare shine cewa baya dogara ga kowace sanannen cibiyar sadarwa. Abu nasa ne kuma an raba shi yadda ya kamata.
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Beaker yana amfani da hanyar sadarwar DAT kuma kama da DAT Desktop app, yana ba da duk fasalulluka kamar manyan fayiloli masu ƙarfi da ɓoyewa. Ba shi da sauƙi a yi amfani da shi azaman DAT Desktop saboda Beaker ya fi aikace-aikacen raba fayil, don haka yana iya ɗaukar ɗan lokaci don fahimtar yadda ake amfani da shi. Koyaya, abu mai daɗi game da Beaker shine zaku iya samfoti fayiloli a cikin Beaker kai tsaye, ba tare da zazzage su ba. Don haka ka ce ka raba bidiyo 30 tare da Bubu. Aika URL ɗin Bubu the Beaker (DAT) kuma Bubu zai iya buɗe wannan a cikin Beaker kawai kuma ya kunna duk bidiyon da yake so ba tare da sauke su ba. Beaker yana ba da damar cikakkiyar haɗin raba wani abu a asirce ko a bayyane, kuma don samun damar duka biyu cikin sauƙi.
Imagine you have 5.000 photos that you want to share with the world. You simply point Beaker to the folder where you have the photos stored, and then share the DAT URL with the world. Anyone with the link can view your photos with Beaker without downloading them to their computers. And, if you add or remove photos, then you don’t have to do anything, the same URL will work to display the new changes. Of course, is worth mentioning again that the DAT Network is not 100% reliable so at times the connection between users cannot be established.
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OnionShare uses the well-known TOR network don raba fayil, wanda ke da kyau. Rarraba fayiloli haka, keɓaɓɓen sirri ne kuma abin dogaro ne sosai. Don amfani da shi, yana da sauƙi kamar rabawa ko zazzage fayil/fayil. Ka zabi babban fayil, sannan ka jira a yi "scanned" wanda zai iya daukar lokaci mai tsawo idan akwai fayiloli da yawa a cikin wannan fayil ɗin, kuma da zarar an gama za ka iya raba hanyar haɗin yanar gizon ga duk wanda ke amfani da TOR Browser. Kama da aikace-aikacen Beaker, ana iya samfoti fayiloli a cikin mazugi ba tare da an sauke su ba.
Amma, baya goyan bayan manyan fayiloli masu ƙarfi kuma Bubu yana buƙatar shigar da su TOR Browser to get Ana’s files. Also, the download speeds may be very slow over the TOR Network. But hey, it is yet another trade-free way to share unlimited amounts of files with anyone!
Za a sabunta wannan labarin daga lokaci zuwa lokaci don ƙara sabbin ƙa'idodi zuwa lissafin.