Privatta solves one problem in a lot of different settings: getting a file from one machine to another without it resting on infrastructure neither party controls.
Defense & government
Sharing across a network with no outside connection, by design.
The challenge. Air-gapped and other network-restricted environments cannot use cloud storage or email attachments at all, but staff still need to move files between approved machines.
With Privatta. Run Privatta entirely on the LAN with zero outbound calls. Machines discover each other automatically, every transfer is Noise-protocol encrypted, and an immutable local log records exactly who accessed what, satisfying review without any external dependency.
LAN-only mode with no internet required
Pre-authorise VPN ranges as trusted CIDRs
Local, tamper-evident access log for audit
Media & production
Moving multi-gigabyte files without a cloud upload tax.
The challenge. Raw footage and project files are large, sensitive pre-release, and uploading to a shared drive for a single handoff wastes hours and bandwidth.
With Privatta. Producers and editors transfer directly, machine to machine, at local network or direct-internet speed — no upload-then-download round trip, and no copy sitting on a third party's storage while a cut is still unreleased.
Direct transfer at full link speed
No file size limits imposed by a cloud tier
Files never touch a third-party server
Healthcare
Sending patient files between clinics without a BAA.
The challenge. Sharing imaging or records between practices usually means a cloud service — and a Business Associate Agreement, a data-processor relationship, and a new attack surface.
With Privatta. Because transfers are direct and end-to-end encrypted with no relay, there is no third party in the data path at all. Per-user access control and a local audit log support compliance review without adding a vendor.
No cloud intermediary, no BAA to negotiate
Per-user file permissions
Full local access log for compliance
Field operations & trades
Getting site files between a job site and the office.
The challenge. Field teams often work where connectivity is patchy, and waiting for a cloud sync to finish before a file is usable slows everyone down.
With Privatta. On a site Wi-Fi network, Privatta finds the office laptop automatically and transfers directly — no portal, no account creation for a one-off project. Offline, it still works once both machines share a network.
Automatic LAN discovery, zero setup
Works fully offline on a shared network
No account required for the free tier
Professional services
Exchanging client files without leaving a copy on a vendor's servers.
The challenge. Law firms, accountants and consultancies routinely send client-sensitive files to outside collaborators, each handoff multiplying where a copy of the document exists.
With Privatta. Pro and Enterprise tiers add per-client access groups and virtual folders, so each engagement gets its own scoped sharing policy — and the file goes directly to the named recipient, never resting on infrastructure either firm doesn't control.
Direct transfer for teams with no shared office network.
The challenge. Fully remote teams have no LAN to rely on, and ad-hoc cloud links accumulate across a dozen different services with no central record.
With Privatta. Privatta's internet (P2P) mode finds the right machine over libp2p and connects directly, wherever each person is. One access log captures every transfer across the whole team, in one place.
Internet P2P mode — no office network needed
Centralised access log across all transfers
Same security model on LAN or over the internet
Journalism & source protection
Handing off leaked documents with zero metadata trail.
The challenge. A confidential source needs to pass a document to a journalist. Any cloud upload creates a server log, an IP record, a third-party intermediary — exactly the metadata trail that can expose a source.
With Privatta. The connection is established machine to machine. No relay server sees the file, no cloud storage logs the upload, and the access log lives only on the journalist's machine. The three-factor auth — credentials, machine identity, and file permission — means the document can only be retrieved by the specific device the journalist and source agreed on in advance.
Zero third-party infrastructure in the data path
Machine whitelisting: only the pre-approved device can connect
Access log is local — never sent to any server
Legal & eDiscovery
Privileged documents to opposing counsel without creating a cloud copy.
The challenge. Producing discovery materials typically means uploading them to a document-review platform, creating a new custodian relationship and potential waiver surface with every file handed over.
With Privatta. Pro and Enterprise tiers let a firm create a named user and virtual folder scoped to opposing counsel's machine only. The files transfer directly; the access log records exactly what was delivered, when, and to which machine — satisfying chain-of-custody requirements without involving a platform vendor.
Per-engagement virtual folders with machine-specific access
Access log records timestamp, recipient machine and file identity
No file ever copies to a review platform or third-party server
Academic & research
Sharing large research datasets between institutions without cloud quotas.
The challenge. Genomics, climate, and imaging datasets regularly run to hundreds of gigabytes. Cloud upload quotas, per-GB costs, and IRB data-residency constraints make third-party services impractical for inter-institutional data exchange.
With Privatta. Privatta transfers at full link speed — LAN or internet — with no size cap imposed by a cloud tier. The receiving institution's machine is whitelisted by Peer ID, so the dataset lands on the approved system without touching any external infrastructure, satisfying data-residency requirements outright.
No file size limits — transfer any dataset at full link speed
Peer ID whitelist ensures data arrives only on the approved machine
No cloud infrastructure means no IRB data-residency conflict
See the protocol behind it.
Noise, Ed25519 identity, and a three-factor check at every door — the technical reference for your security review.
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