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I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?
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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

Zip up the files and password protect the zip file.

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On Sun, 17 May 2026 11:56:23 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where
confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

Zip up the files and password protect the zip file.

That I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2026 11:56:23 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where
confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

Zip up the files and password protect the zip file.

That I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the suggestion.

Or encrypt and password protect the individual files. Word, Excel, Acrobat
all support this.

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On Sun, 17 May 2026 12:16:21 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2026 11:56:23 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where >>>> confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

Zip up the files and password protect the zip file.

That I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the suggestion.

Or encrypt and password protect the individual files. Word, Excel, Acrobat >all support this.

Sorry, but unfortunately I don't know how to add a password to a zip
file. I used W11 for the zip process.
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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2026 12:16:21 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Sun, 17 May 2026 11:56:23 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
<usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality). >>>>> She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns >>>>> that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where >>>>> confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

Zip up the files and password protect the zip file.

That I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the suggestion.

Or encrypt and password protect the individual files. Word, Excel, Acrobat >> all support this.

Sorry, but unfortunately I don't know how to add a password to a zip
file. I used W11 for the zip process.

Download the free 7-zip utility. That lets you do it.

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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

If your files are not confidential, where's the concern?

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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

If your files are not confidential, where's the concern?

Yes, I was wondering that too! :-)
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Chris Green
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On Sun, 17 May 2026 19:24:05 +0100, Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where
confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in
the circumstances?

If your files are not confidential, where's the concern?

Yes, I was wondering that too! :-)

A good question on the face of it. The content belongs to the
recipient, who is not very tech savvy but requested WeTransfer. I
thought I would be doing her a favour attaching a password until I
realised what was involved at her end.
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On Sun, 17 May 2026 12:27:09 +0100, Scott wrote:

I have to transfer some files to a friend (no great confidentiality).
She recommends WeTransfer as she is familiar with this platform and
finds it convenient. Looking at Google, I see there are some concerns
that it is not end-to-end encrypted. Am I right in thinking that where confidentiality is not a big issue this is a reasonable approach in the circumstances?

I assume that they are too large to attach to emails?

Cheers

Dave R
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