@mauve #Bluetooth would make most sense, as even if you were to transfer like vCard files over original Bluetooth speeds (732,2 kbit/s) that would be convenient and fast enough.

• Problem may arise supporting #iOS as that only supports sending pictures, so you gotta have to do like some "Airgapped Transfer Protocol" thingy and like #MattKC shove it into a PNG of a QR-Code…
• As for the chat itself, you could use #WebRTC infrastructure like #WebCall or just mandate people to have like an #XMPP+#OMEMO account somewhere…

@snugglybun all #disvord clones suck, because the concept of #discord sucks.

• Want public group chat? #IRC!
• Want public Voicechat? #Mumble!
• Want public Videocht? #JitsiMeet!
• Need Videocalling & File Transfer? #WebCall!
• Need something that also works great asynchronous? #Zulip (and #RocketChat)!
• Need secure comms? #XMPP+#OMEMO or #PGP/MIME (i.e. #gajim, #monoclesChat or #Thunderbird & #deltaChat)
• …

And the best part:

• All these things require less resources and can be #SelfHosted!

@iuvi AFACT, #SSH-Tunneling works as means to circumvent #VPN blockades from both #Russia and "P.R." #China because they both need that for their own #CyberCrime and #IndustrialEspionage operations.

• Personally, I'd recommend to use @torproject / #Tor and #TorBridges, which you can get at http://yq5jjvr7drkjrelzhut7kgclfuro65jjlivyzfmxiq2kyv5lickrl4qd.onion & https://bridges.torproject.org respectably.
• Ideally make yourself a flashdrive with @tails_live / @tails / #Tails and use that as a more secure option once you got yourself a handful of obfs4 bridges.
  • If you have friends overseas, they may be willing to host a Private Tor Bridge just for you. Unlike an #ExitNode this won't tarnish said IP reputation due to #abuse nor do they have to trust you (unlike a privately setup VPN)…

#VPNs like @mullvadnet are more useful when you need #UDP traffic for #VideoCalling like #JitsiMeet & #WebCall or just #Streaming i.e. #IPTV…

• OFC neither Tor nor a #VPN protect you against targeted attacks, espechally in "meatspace" and you should assess your own security needs and demands carefully.
  • If you already got "love letters" from local authorities, expect to be on their shitlist!
  • Russia is known to deploy #Govware and when you face targeted surveillance against yourself individually you'd have to expect them to only wait for a reason to kick in your doors.

So I do hope you already use #Tor and/or #VPNs…

• OFC this is #NotLegalAdvice!
  • be careful...

@jannem gnome-terminal can be set to be read-only so that the presenting system doesn't forward any inputs until you enable those with some mouse clicks on it.

• Pretty shure that can be set with other terminals too...

But I agree that this shouldn't be that frustrating and not necessitate ugly hacks like screensharing a window via #VLC or #WebRTC (#WebCall, #JitsiMeet, #NextcloudTalk)…

@dave That makes sense.

Reminds me of #wormhole ¹ and #wsend ²...

• Personally I've used #WebCall ³ most of the time to transfer files but that's because for transfering stuff I've got servers setup instead, and it's mostly about guiding "#TechIlliterates" around remotely.

@davep @mapto @yawnbox @Mer__edith Granted #MIL / #INTEL - espechally in the #USA - have bespoke pipelines (they tend to use @RocketChat ) and for #Videocalling there are many #WebRTC based options like #WebCall & #JitsiMeet …

• USE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB!

You don't expect a Motorcycle to be good at hauling trailers nor do you expect a 40t truck to be perfect for cruising around mountain passes.

• Same goes for #Software & #Services!

@Mer__edith yes, and your shitty #App doesn't even run good to begin with.

• Like seriously, for what it's worth @signalapp runs worse and shittier than #WebCall, #Gajim, #monoclesChat, #DeltaChat and #JitsiMeet together!

And I dare you to defend that #Signal needs camera access outside of videocalling!

@Mer__edith except @signalapp chose to add that bloat (just like choice was made to add #MobileCoin!) and force it onto your infrastructure instead of doing what even AAA Videogames do and let the users host it…

• I mean, there is no legitimate reason you couldn't do something like #WebCall or similar #WebRTC implementations that are #P2P!