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by 63stack 274 days ago
Oh my god, the syncing requires opening a port??? The amount of hoops these applications require us to jump through nowadays
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It's not the technical difficultly, it's the increased risk.
What's the risk in allowing a port through a firewall to an application you already trust? How do other applications solve this without a need for an open port?