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Jump Desktop

southerndoc

southerndoc

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I've been using RustDeskt, which has some lag when connecting to my Mac. A friend recently recommended Jump Desktop. Wow, it is super fast with great resolution!!

Someone said that the company is based out of UAE, but they are only incorporated in the UAE. I'm curious where their developers are from, who supports it, etc. The last thing I want is a company backed by China, Russia, etc.

Really wish you could do direct connections without needing a bunch of Teams licenses.
 
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Also, what are the chances of someone hacking into your computer that's running Jump Desktop? I'm assuming it would be difficult to overcome a complicated password and 2FA.
 
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Never heard of that app. What does it do, and do you have a link to it? (I can search for it obviously, but can't be sure if it's the same you are talking about)
 
southerndoc said:
I've been using RustDesktop, which has some lag when connecting to my Mac. A friend recently recommended Jump Desktop. Wow, it is super fast with great resolution!!

Someone said that the company is based out of UAE, but they are only incorporated in the UAE. I'm curious where their developers are from, who supports it, etc. The last thing I want is a company backed by China, Russia, etc.

Really wish you could do direct connections without needing a bunch of Teams licenses.
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if you are worried about privacy, i wouldn't use none open source software. pretty much most commercial software is spyware by now.
 
MacBH928 said:
if you are worried about privacy, i wouldn't use none open source software. pretty much most commercial software is spyware by now.
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Not as much worried about privacy as I am worried about someone getting backdoor access to my computer/network and gaining access to financial accounts.

I realize nothing is bulletproof. Just trying to make sure it's not a good possibility that someone could use this as a backdoor.

RustDesk offers 2FA on devices itself. Makes it more secure because you need the 2FA to gain access to the device. Unfortunately, RustDesk is slower than Jump Desktop.
 
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Someone said that the company is based out of UAE, but they are only incorporated in the UAE. I'm curious where their developers are from, who supports it, etc. The last thing I want is a company backed by China, Russia, etc.
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Here's a thread here on MacRumors, with an "employee" (??) chiming in. That user only posted the two messages in that thread and was last seen by MacRumors about two months after the 2020 post.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/is-jump-desktop-a-spy-tool.2227422/?post=28302827#post-28302827

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Not as much worried about privacy as I am worried about someone getting backdoor access to my computer/network and gaining access to financial accounts.

I realize nothing is bulletproof. Just trying to make sure it's not a good possibility that someone could use this as a backdoor.
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Surely screen-sharing software could be used for surveillance or a backdoor. Unfortunately it's awfully hard to evaluate the risk...
 
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southerndoc said:
the company is based out of UAE, but they are only incorporated in the UAE. I'm curious where their developers are from, who supports it, etc. The last thing I want is a company backed by China, Russia, etc.
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I wrote a post about something similar a while back…

And two about open source software risks:
 
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Has anyone else been having trouble connecting with Jump over cellular with the latest iOS and MacOS? I have reinstalled the app on Mac and iOS (along with Jump Connect), made sure toggles where set properly, and most of the time I am told my Macs are offline, even though Connect shows them logged in. Half the time the phone shows connecting, even though the connection has already been made (as the screen size enlarged and the Jump Connect icon turned red. I was able to successfully connect twice today but, that was it. I don't have any problems connecting via Wifi home. Up until a week ago (or thereabouts) I was readily able to remote in over cellular without any problems.

I can remote in with Screens 5 (via Tailscale) constistently but, I still want to be able to use Jump.
 
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Has anyone else been having trouble connecting with Jump over cellular with the latest iOS and MacOS?
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I have just done:
Connect to world via cellular
Try to connect using Jump Fluid - failed.
Connected to Tailscale and tried Jump again - all good.
Disconnected Tailscale and tried Jump again - it worked!
5 minutes later it doesn't!

Jump has always been a bit patchy using Fluid connectivity - even on my LAN at home. Seems to have good months and bad months.

For remote access, Tailscale makes it much more reliable.
 
I dumped RustDesk after a smartelleck comment they made in their GitHub when I requested a privacy screen for macOS. Ended up deleting it from all my computers and won't renew my subscription with them. Then later I found this: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2024-25140/ Who knows if they have fixed this.

Jump is almost as quick as sitting in front of the host computer. It really is a great solution. Wish they offered 2FA per device instead of just on the account (i.e., with each computer you connect to, it requires a separate 2FA code when enabled).
 
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gilby101 said:
I have just done:
Connect to world via cellular
Try to connect using Jump Fluid - failed.
Connected to Tailscale and tried Jump again - all good.
Disconnected Tailscale and tried Jump again - it worked!
5 minutes later it doesn't!

Jump has always been a bit patchy using Fluid connectivity - even on my LAN at home. Seems to have good months and bad months.

For remote access, Tailscale makes it much more reliable.
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Thank you for taking the time to test. I appreciate it.
 
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