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Discussion on: How One Developer Recreated AirDrop Using Just JavaScript

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barca00

Very interesting post. I always wondered how does airdrop work and this post sums in short all the answers.

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Abdisalan

AirDrop uses a proprietary HTTP based protocol over WiFi! Kinda similar but different from WebRTC. SnapDrop was just clever enough to use WebRTC for the same effect.