• Clasm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Iirc it uses webtorrent, which is a torrent protocol that runs in-browser for the most part.

    Small file live on their servers using end-to-end encryption for the 24 hours.

    Larger files are treated as a peer-to-peer torrent, which means that the tab needs to stay open until your downloadees are done grabbing it.