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| author | Micah Lee <micah@micahflee.com> | 2016-09-04 17:23:06 -0700 |
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| committer | Micah Lee <micah@micahflee.com> | 2016-09-04 17:23:06 -0700 |
| commit | 310d861ce0f235bf032c8f30b7faab2c0e15fc50 (patch) | |
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| parent | 1295399d346824c69006834721b8e1684c595f85 (diff) | |
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Stop saying 'hidden service', start saying 'onion service'
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ [](https://travis-ci.org/micahflee/onionshare) -OnionShare lets you securely and anonymously share files of any size. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor hidden service, and generating an unguessable URL to access and download the files. It doesn't require setting up a server on the internet somewhere or using a third party filesharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor hidden service to make it temporarily accessible over the internet. The other user just needs to use Tor Browser to download the file from you. +OnionShare lets you securely and anonymously share files of any size. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor onion service, and generating an unguessable URL to access and download the files. It doesn't require setting up a server on the internet somewhere or using a third party filesharing service. You host the file on your own computer and use a Tor onion service to make it temporarily accessible over the internet. The other user just needs to use Tor Browser to download the file from you. Features include: @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ You can set up your development environment to build OnionShare yourself by foll ## How to Use -Before you can share files, you need to open [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) in the background. This will provide the Tor service that OnionShare uses to start the hidden service. +Before you can share files, you need to open [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) in the background. This will provide the Tor service that OnionShare uses to start the onion service. Open OnionShare and drag and drop files and folders you wish to share, and click Start Sharing. It will show you a .onion URL such as `http://asxmi4q6i7pajg2b.onion/egg-cain` and copy it to your clipboard. This is the secret URL that can be used to download the file you're sharing. If you'd like multiple people to be able to download this file, uncheck the "close automatically" checkbox. |