Bridge & your devices · Privacy & security
Do my files go through a server when I use Bridge?
Short answer: No. Bridge sends files and clipboard straight between your devices, end-to-end encrypted, and never stores them on a server. Only the brief step of finding each other may use public internet infrastructure.
No. Your files and clipboard travel directly between your two devices and are never stored on a server or in the cloud.
When two devices that are far apart first find each other, that brief step may use public internet infrastructure — and Find each other automatically can help with it — but that's only about locating each other. Your actual files and clipboard stay end-to-end encrypted the whole way and are never readable by anyone else.
If you want Bridge never to touch the internet at all, turn on Use local network only.