[Cyphase]

> Having the whitelist all peers on all peers is a chore.

You don't have to do that with Syncthing. See https://docs.syncthing.net/users/introducer.html

> The introducer feature lets a device automatically add new devices. When two devices connect they exchange a list of mutually shared folders and the devices connected to those shares. In the following example:

> Local device L sets remote device R as an introducer. They share the folder “Pictures.” Device R is also sharing the folder with A and B, but L only shares with R.

> Once L and R connect, L will add A and B automatically, as if R “introduced” A and B to L.

> Remote device R also shares “Videos” with device C, but not with our local L. Device C will not be added to L as it is not connected to any folders that L and R share.

[brnt]

Thats not the same. It means to designate one device as 'primus inter pares', and what I like about Resilio and p2p that there isn't a 'server'. I don't have one!

So then I could make all my devices introducers, which is really the same amount of work, plus adviced against because then no device can ever leave your network (remove it from one then all others will re-introduce).

Dealing with devices is really not what I want. I understand that Resilio is a bit too basic on security, because the share key is the deencryption key (in most cases), but Syncthing isnt quite it either. I think it's suited for few devices and a knowledgeable person, but not my use cases.

[noirbot]

This is mostly where I am. Syncthing is a great replacement for something like Dropbox for me to share things between my own computers and not have to care about file size or the like. It's not really a reasonable P2P file sharing option unless the other person already uses Syncthing for their own use case, or you can just get it set up for them and then hope it never breaks. Even then, it's only really reasonable if it's someone you plan to regularly need to send larger files to. For smaller files or one-time sends, there's better options.