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by kjksf 325 days ago
No.

AirDrop is for people who are physically nearby.

This allows to send files between any computers anywhere.

The other person must be a known contact but it doesn't have to be on the same local network like in AirDrop.

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There’s a new AirDrop feature that also transfers over the internet: https://allthings.how/how-airdrop-over-internet-works-on-iph...
> To start AirDrop over the Internet, initiate the AirDrop as you normally would

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this is hardly the same thing?