Tor part 6: onionshare for sharing files anonymously

If for some reasons you need to share a file anonymously, this can be done through Tor using the port net/onionshare. Onionshare will start a web server displaying an unique page with a list of shared files and a Download Files button leading to a zip file.

While waiting for a download, onionshare will display HTTP logs. By default, onionshare will exit upon successful download of the files but this can be changed with the flag –stay-open.

Its usage is very simple, execute onionshare with the list of files to share, as you can see in the following example:

solene@computer ~ $ onionshare Epictetus-The_Enchiridion.txt
Onionshare 1.3 | https://onionshare.org/
Connecting to the Tor network: 100% - Done
Configuring onion service on port 17616.
Starting ephemeral Tor onion service and awaiting publication
Settings saved to /home/solene/.config/onionshare/onionshare.json
Preparing files to share.
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:17616/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
Give this address to the person you're sending the file to:
http://3ngjewzijwb4znjf.onion/hybrid-marbled

Press Ctrl-C to stop server

Now, I need to give the address http://3ngjewzijwb4znjf.onion/hybrid-marbled to the receiver who will need a web browser with Tor to download it.