{"id":28892,"date":"2018-10-25T23:53:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28892"},"modified":"2018-10-25T23:53:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:53:20","slug":"croc-simple-and-secure-cross-platform-file-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/25\/croc-simple-and-secure-cross-platform-file-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"croc &#8211; simple and secure cross-platform file transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/25\/croc-simple-and-secure-cross-platform-file-transfer\/croc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc.png?fit=918%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"918,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"croc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc.png?fit=660%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28893\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc-500x283.png?resize=500%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc.png?resize=500%2C283&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc.png?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/croc.png?w=918&amp;ssl=1 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/schollz\/croc\">croc<\/a> is a very simple but super useful utility, which helps with occasional file transfers between two computers. 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