[Feature Request] Add an authentication page about pairdrop HOT 4 CLOSED

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One goal of the project is to make it easy and straightforward for everyone to share files. What’s your use for authentication? What problem do you face when others can use your instance too?

I don’t want to obstruct the main user flow in any way.

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Thanks!

One goal of the project is to make it easy and straightforward for everyone to share files. What’s your use for authentication? What problem do you face when others can use your instance too?

Sometimes I use my instance of Pairdrop on school Wi-Fi where a lot of people (especially those within my computer science courses) know my domain. I don't want them to open pairdrop and accidentally receive my code or abuse my instance of pairdrop.

I don’t want to obstruct the main user flow in any way.

I don't believe this would obstruct the general user interface as only those who enable authentication should have it, so if it's there, someone wanted it, so it's not an obstruction to them.

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I guess the best approach for you would be to add authentication directly to your proxy server:
https://mrgood.blog/posts/2021-03-11-apache-auth/post.html
This would require username + password for every new session. This is better done on the server level than as a feature of PairDrop.

accidentally receive my code

What do you mean with that?

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I will close this as answered and wontfix

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