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omdrop-owl: Apple airdrop reverse-engineered for non-Apple devices

6 comments

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    teaearlgraycold
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    I for one am eager to see the walls around every technological walled garden crumble. Everything's about to be open source.

    I for one am eager to see the walls around every technological walled garden crumble. Everything's about to be open source.

    23 votes
    1. Octofox
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      You will own everything and be happy.

      You will own everything and be happy.

      13 votes
  2. [4]
    fxgn
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    I'm not sure how this compares to https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop, which is the original AirDrop reverse engineered implementation that this is based on. This repo seems to just be a part...

    I'm not sure how this compares to https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop, which is the original AirDrop reverse engineered implementation that this is based on. This repo seems to just be a part of a vibecoded airdrop tool for Omarchy? I don't like that the readme doesn't give almost any credit to the original Opendrop/OWL project that made this possible, and presents it as if it's some novel airdrop reverse engineering project (as @teaearlgraycold's comment suggests, for example)

    9 votes
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      ocean-hai
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      @streblo I do not think this is worth sharing here then, frankly. Also, is Github down, again?

      This repo seems to just be a part of a vibecoded airdrop tool for Omarchy?

      @streblo I do not think this is worth sharing here then, frankly.

      Also, is Github down, again?

      4 votes
      1. teaearlgraycold
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        These days GitHub is more of an offline service with brief intages.

        These days GitHub is more of an offline service with brief intages.

        5 votes
    2. streblo
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      It is my understanding that OWL, which that project relies on, requires exclusive use of your wireless card. I haven’t tested this or anything, but the project claims it can do this while staying...

      It is my understanding that OWL, which that project relies on, requires exclusive use of your wireless card.

      I haven’t tested this or anything, but the project claims it can do this while staying connected to an AP.

      I do not use or endorse Omarchy, but I think that’s pretty neat.

      4 votes