Hot of the press, Firefox Send lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires up-to 7 days later.
Once upload is complete, you get a copy the link to click and download the file. So you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn’t stay online forever.
As soon as progress meter freezes, you might as well cancel the upload.
I have waited for 5 minutes for the file to resume, but it never did in test below.
1st attempt - File failed to upload
2nd attempt - Uploading chrome-win32.zip (101Mb) file took about 2 minutes to upload.
3rd attempt - Uploading thejapaneseswordasthesoulofthesamurai.mp4 (143Mb) took about 3 minutes.
4th attempt - Uploading krd.iso (563.6 Mb) file failed
5th attempt - KRD.iso failed to upload
Once upload is complete, you get a copy the link to click and download the file. So you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn’t stay online forever.
Features:
- Send up-to 1G file without sign up and link expires after 1 day.
- Send up-to 2.5G file if you sign-up (https://send.firefox.com/) and choose expiry up to 7 days.
- Users of the link don’t need to have a Firefox account to access your file.
Wins:
Free file sharing with end-to-end encryption rocks. We'll see how long before this gets hacked for privacy.
Frustrations:
Well, file uploading gets stuck occasionally, but for a free service what do you expect. You have to cancel and retry until it works.Tips:
I have waited for 5 minutes for the file to resume, but it never did in test below.
Speed Testing:
1st attempt - File failed to upload
2nd attempt - Uploading chrome-win32.zip (101Mb) file took about 2 minutes to upload.
3rd attempt - Uploading thejapaneseswordasthesoulofthesamurai.mp4 (143Mb) took about 3 minutes.
4th attempt - Uploading krd.iso (563.6 Mb) file failed
5th attempt - KRD.iso failed to upload
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