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Bridge - mirror notifications (notification sync)
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Privacy control
Fine tune privacy by hiding the content of any app when mirrored to your other devices.
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Clipboard sharing
You're clipboard is shared between your devices
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Has fine grained control of which apps are allowed to mirror
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Much faster in mirroring between devices than competitors
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Battery charged notification
You can get notified on your other devices when a device reaches a certain battery charge or is fully charged.
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Platforms:
Android, Web
Publisher:
XitLabs
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Yes
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Pushbullet
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Does a lot more than just notifications
Pushbullet also allows its users to push messages, links, files, locations, and more to any of their devices or to other Pushbullet users.
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Mac users must use their browser
There is currently no desktop application for Mac users available. The Pushbullet website claims a native OSX client is "coming soon".
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Superbly easy to use
After installing the Pushbullet application the set up process is as easy as it gets. Pushbullet will first ask you to sign in to your Google account. Then all you have to do is enable notification access and install the Chrome extension.
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Almost no delay
Pushbullet is just as fast as its name suggests at mirroring notifications or pushing links or files.
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Uses a Chrome extension for PC/Mac or a Windows application
Pushbullet is designed to use its Chrome extension although a Windows application can be used as well. The Chrome extension provides the best experience because any computer with a signed in Chrome browser will provide your Android notifications.
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Runs without Chrome open
As long as you enable "Keep Pushbullet running after I close Chrome" in the Pushbullet extension options, Chrome does not need to be open to receive notifications.
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Free
Pushbullet is free with no advertisements.
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Chrome notifications act as a notification drawer
Pushbullet uses Chrome notifications to act as a running list of past notification that have not yet been dismissed. This is especially useful if you receive a lot of notifications or you are not at your computer when they are received.
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Cross device notification mirroring
Pushbullet can even sync notifcations with other Android devices (beta). This helps prevent you from having to dismiss notifications more than once and allows you to always see your notifications no matter what device you're on.
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More information shown in the notification than other services
Pushbullet includes the sender's name, email address, unread count, subject, and a preview of the message all in the notification.
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Universal Copy/Paste
Copy text on PC,paste it on your Android device and vice versa. You need the windows app for this. iOS and OSX support coming soon.
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Platforms:
Android / iOS / Web / Windows
Publisher:
Pushbullet
Messaging systems:
SMS / MMS / Smart messengers
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Join by joaoapps
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Share anything between devices
Share anything (text/clipboard, images, links, screenshots, etc.) and see everything you have recently shared from/between any of your devices.
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Complex settings
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Chrome extension
Has a solid Chrome extension that has never lest me down. Easy to setup, easy to use, low on resources and VERY fast.
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No Firefox addons
Developer is unable to create addons because of restriction in Firefox API.
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Extremely reliable pushes on multiple devices (notifications, SMS, clipboard, and more)
Supports all of your devices and you can push anywhere, even to Mac. Text right from your computer. Receive mobile notifications on your desktop. Nice UI/UX. Talented, well-known, and trustworthy developer.
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No iOS version, yet
According to the developer's Google Plus page, an iOS version is being developed. But nothing as of yet (December 2017).
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Ad free and unlimited is a one time purchase as opposed to PushBullet's recurring membership fee.
I believe that Join is $4.99 for the pro account, but it used to be donation based starting at $0.99. When I go to the options for upgrade in the app, it still shows a donation based payment option. that could be becasue I am alegacy user or maybe the $4.99 is just a recommended amount.
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Locate your device
Another nice feature is the ability to locate all of your Join connected devices remotely (similar to Lookout or Google's Find My Device).
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Integrates with Tasker
Integrates with Tasker for all sorts of crazy cool actions and options.
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Encryption
Ability to encrypt your pushes between devices.
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Push files and they are stored in Google Drive
Any files you push are stored in your own Google Drive so you always have access to them
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Supports ringing the phone
Misplaced your phone somewhere? Have Join ring your phone at it's loudest volume and find it.
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Universal Copy & Paste
Copy to clipboard on one device and paste it on another.
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Platforms:
Android, Windows, Linux, Mac, Chrome, Web
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joaoapps
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Yappy
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Solid SMS service
Never had a failure.
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Messages take too long to arrive to the recipient
Message appears to have gone through, but in reality they don't arrive to the recipient device for another 5 or 10 mins.
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Simple
'Just works'. Very smooth setup.
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Shaky notification mirroring
Using the Chrome extension, it's a bit hit and miss.
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Platforms:
Android / Chrome / Safari / Firefox / Opera / IE
Publisher:
MariusSoft LLC
Hosting options:
SaaS
Groups:
Yes, with EvolveSMS
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Notifications+
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Profiles based on WiFi access points to maintain privacy (Pro only)
Privacy/work mode can be set to automatically be enabled based on the current WiFi access point or if the device is using the mobile network (profiles). Privacy/work mode will neutralize the notification title and body to protect sensitive information. Profiles can also be set to not send notifications at all.
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Free with limited settings
Notifications+ Pro is $2.50 to support the developer and enable pro only settings.
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Almost no delay
Notifications+ pushes notifications almost instantly.
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Uses a Chrome extension for PC/Mac
Notifications+ uses a Chrome extension to display notifications. This makes it easy to always have your Android notifications on any computer signed into Chrome.
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Security
The developer states that "notifications are encrypted using AES256 with GCM authentication. The password you specify is not stored on any servers and are only saved locally on your Android devices and Google Chrome browser. A key is derived from your password using PBKDF2 key derivation."
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Runs with Chrome open by default
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Google Voice
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Ability to block any number
Google Voice has a feature on its web page that allows the user to block any number. There is a convenient, simple process to block recent incoming calls, making for a great way to block solicitors.
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Voicemail transcripts are terrible
Notoriously bad transcripts for voicemails make them almost unusable.
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Syncs with Google Voice on the Web
Lets you send and receive text messages from your desktop. You can use a separate desktop app as well as integrate it within Gmail.
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Requires a new number
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Integrates with Hangouts app on Android
A huge advantage for Google Voice is how well it integrates with Android. There is a setting to replace your default texting app with Voice which will allow you to send and receive messages just like the default carrier. It also provides the following features within the OS: Lets you send texts from your contact list and other applications Integrates with Google Voice's other features like blocking and forwarding Longpress on any phone number or contact anywhere to send an SMS message via Google Voice
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Doesn't support MMS
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Supports both data and SMS messaging
When you sign up for Google Voice you will receive a new number that will let you send unlimited free SMS. By using SMS there is no need for your contacts to sign up for a separate app.
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Voicemail
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Call forwarding
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Join.me
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Joining a meeting is straightforward
To join you need only enter a 9-digit code on the join.me website, that you get from the person sharing.
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No Linux support
Only available on Windows and OSX.
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Easy to set up
To start sharing, download and run a file from join.me. You'll be given a 9-digit code to share with anyone you wan't to be able to access your screen.
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Bought out by Logmein
Logmein is notorious for buying out small companies and disregarding the wants and needs of the customer base of the newly bought-out company.
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Collaborative
You can give others the ability to control your screen.
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Up to 10 participants
10 people can view your screen.
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File sharing
Join.me allows for easy file transfers among participants.
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Mobile support
Join.me supports iOS, Android and Kindle.
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Multi-monitor support
Works well with multiple monitors.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android
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Telegram
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Free and convenient large file sharing
Copy/paste videos, gifs, images, geolocation, documents, and even executable files. Drag over files for practically any time up to 2GB in size. Images can be compressed, too.
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Not fully open source
Telegram has an open API and protocol free for everyone, but the backend software is not open source. Therefore 100% privacy can not be evaluated.
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Free of cost
The application is available free of cost.
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Can only be used with a phone number
It is not possible to activate and use Telegram by mail etc. You need a phone number.
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Privacy focused
In addition to the end-to-end encryption [only in secret chats] that provides privacy to communications, the app also includes self destructing timers for chats, and the ability to permanently delete messages, yours and theirs, from your and their devices.
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Only "Secret Chat" messages are encrypted end to end
The only way to get end-to-end encryption (client-client) using Telegram is to use the Secret Chat function, anything through the service is server-client encrypted. Also secret chat is only implemented in the mobile apps, meaning there is no way to encrypt messages end-to-end when using the desktop client or the web browser client.
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Media messaging
Videos, gifs, images, geolocation, and documents.
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"Secret Chat" feature is not available for desktop client
Secret chats with end to end encryption are only available on mobile apps.
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Channels for one way broadcasting
Broadcasting channels suitable for announcing things.
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No source code sintax highlighting
Telegram does not have source code syntax highlighting, making it difficult to share code snippets.
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Beautiful UI
Very customizable with a lot of clean looking options.
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Does not work for visually impaired
Doesn't work for visually impaired.
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Possible to send photos and videos without compression
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Does not support spherical 360° photos
Spherical 360° photos becoming more popular these days, but Telegram does not support such format.
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Supergroups of up to 200,000 people
In Supergroups, anyone along with admins can delete their messages from all sides. A message can be pinned to the top. All of the user's messages can be deleted by an administrator, and they can be banned and reported as well. Supergroups can have a public link (outside of Asia, due to high spam volumes), which is also a username.
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Does not support text messaging
You can NOT make it your default text messaging App.
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Two-step verification
You can set up an additional password to your account, which can be reset by your email. You don't have to use an email if you do not want to. If you lose access to your email or forget your password, you will be able to reset it via text message if your account is over seven days old and will receive it within a week (in case you recover anything before then).
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Secure
Telegram uses an open source MTProto encryption protocol that provides complete end-to-end encryption for secret chats. To show off their confidence in the protocol the company behind Telegram has organized $200,000 and $300,000 challenges to break the encryption. So far there have been no winners.
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Saved messages
You can write messages to yourself. You can write some notes, add links, and see everything across all your devices.
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Cloud chat keys are kept in different jurisdiction
Even though encryption used for cloud-based storage (e.g. Gmail, Facebook, iCloud) may not be as secure as end-to-end encryption or zero-knowledge storage, Telegram does the most that it can by holding keys to chats in different jurisdictions, requiring intergovernmental cooperation to obtain the keys. This is aside from whatever other security measures have been taken, of course.
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Multiplatform native client apps
There are native desktop, mobile and web client apps, that are optimized for speed and are light on memory usage.
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Open source client apps
Client apps are open source, making whole service more trustworthy.
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Unlimited storage
Unlimited number of files can be stored forever on the cloud. You can upload files up to 1.5 GB each.
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Voice and video messages
You can post voice and video messages if you are too lazy to write text messages.
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Group Voice Chat
This Discord-like feature adds to the interactivity of the application.
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Pinned Messages
You can pin messages to the top of groups or supergroups so members will see them when opening the group.
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Self-destruct messages
Messages in individual chats can be set to self destruct on a timer. They will disappear after the timer expires. Messages in all new chats can be set to self-destruct with a global auto-delete timer in Settings > Privacy and Security > Auto-Delete Messages.
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Edit or delete messages after sending them
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Banned in China
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Save time with inline bots and link previews
Unfortunately, on the desktop videos don't play, but images are viewable without visiting popular websites like imgur and Instagram. You can play YouTube videos and others within the app, so you don't need to embed code or anything. With inline bots, such as @gif, @pic/bing, @vid/YouTube, etc, you can look things up without leaving the client or chat that you're in. Simply type the name and some keywords and wait for the results to load.
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@mentions
You can ping people to get their attention by @mentioning them.
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Desktop app handles HiDPI
The desktop app has a built in setting to scale the UI of the app up to 200% which allows for those with 4k monitors/screens to use the app without scaling issues.
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High quality calls
Uses the latest GPL audio codecs, such as Opus, an adaptative high-quality codec that supersedes AAC at any bitrate.
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Customer support is within the app
Although it's volunteer based, but still pretty top-notch if available, which it tends to be.
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Large groups can have channels called 'Topics'
Topics are now available in groups of 100+ members and have a sleek two-column layout and new buttons to quickly navigate. A default topic called General is now in every topic group, holding the group’s service messages and previous message history.
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Popular in the USA
On SimilarWeb you can see that Telegram is on the top 15 among all communication apps.
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Platforms:
Web, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD, Windows phone, UWP
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Various companies affiliated with Telegram
File Size:
2048 MB
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Secret chats
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Desktop Notifications
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No ability to disable notification mirroring of an application from Chrome
From Chrome it is possible to exit out of a notification but there is no way to permanently dismiss an app from mirroring its notifications.
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Uses a Chrome or Firefox extension for Mac/PC
Desktop Notifications uses a Chrome or Firefox extension to display notifications. This makes it easy to always have your Android notifications on any computer signed into Chrome.
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Slight delay
While other services like Pushbullet receive notifications almost immediately. There is a delay of a few seconds with Desktop Notifications. Although the developer is working on it. In response to a user review the developer stated "We had to introduce a delay to the notifications because of the overwhelming amount of users who started using our app recently. Otherwise our servers would melt. :) When you don't receive a notification for some time our app will check less frequently. We don't like this either and are working on it!"
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Chrome notifications act as a notification drawer
Desktop Notifications uses Chrome notifications to act as a running list of past notification that have not yet been dismissed. This is especially useful if you receive a lot of notifications or you are not at your computer when they are received.
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Less information previewed in notifications than other services
Desktop Notifications does not preview the message or provide the email of the sender (only the name). Other services preview the email in the notification.
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Free
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SHAREit
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Unstable
This software is likely to crash.
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Cross-platform desktop and mobile
Apps available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows, and Mac.
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Developers have been known to install adware
SHAREit is developed by Lenovo. In 2015, Lenovo was caught shipping computers preinstalled with man-in-the-middle adware called Superfish.
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