Jump Desktop

[southerndoc]

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.

 

[southerndoc]

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.

 

[Diskutant]

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)

 

[gilby101]

Never heard of that app.

https://jumpdesktop.com/. Remote Desktop. For personal use skip past Jump Desktop for Teams. I have used Jump Desktop for Mac and the iPhone version for many years.

 

[MacBH928]

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.

if you are worried about privacy, i wouldn't use none open source software. pretty much most commercial software is spyware by now.

 

[southerndoc]

if you are worried about privacy, i wouldn't use none open source software. pretty much most commercial software is spyware by now.

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.

 

[Brian33]

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.

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

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.

Surely screen-sharing software could be used for surveillance or a backdoor. Unfortunately it's awfully hard to evaluate the risk...

 

[KaliYoni]

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.

I wrote a post about something similar a while back…

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/best-mac-adblocker-for-privacy-and-data-protection-merged.2378717/page-7?post=31979196#post-31979196

And two about open source software risks:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1password-remigrant-thread.2386803/page-3?post=32282625#post-32282625

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/lastpass-hacked-again.2382255/page-5?post=33072360#post-33072360