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well that's a way to answer a question without answering a question https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#why-does-syncthing-connect-to-this-unknown-suspicious-address

so it turns out this open source dropbox-style thing has "relaying" on by default; it doesn't ask you, and instead assumes it's ok by you to just connect to random ips without asking first

I don't care that they "can't see my data", the assumption is a breach of trust

Of course, it took hunting down some forum thread to understand what was going on

open source projects really need to take this sort of user experience more seriously

the most popular third-party iPhone app for working with this has a process for setting up your Certificate Authority, and, you know, there's a point at which one says "fuck it I'll hand my data over to a private company who'll probably exploit me despite the fact that I'm paying them"

the general consensus seems to be: Phones aren't reliably connected, therefore phones can't be truly peer-to-peer devices, therefore you shouldn't try to sync files with phones

I really need to get around to writing my "an interface is an ideology" essay

@mattly If they think _only phones_ are unreliably connected, I have some _news_.