Terms of Use

What InstaShare is

InstaShare is a utility. It exists to reduce everyday file-sharing friction across common platforms such as Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux. You open the website in a browser, pair with the Android app by scanning a QR code, and send a file directly between those two devices.

InstaShare is not a cloud drive, publishing platform, marketplace, messaging network, or content host. It does not keep an account for you, store your files, or provide a record of what you sent or received.

Acceptance

By installing the app, opening the website, scanning a QR code, or sending or receiving a file, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use InstaShare.

Your use, your responsibility

Use of InstaShare is at your sole discretion. You decide whether to pair, what to send, whether to accept a file, where to save it, and whether to open it. You are solely responsible for those choices and for any consequences that follow.

InstaShare sessions are anonymous. There is no login and no user profile. File contents never touch InstaShare servers. They travel directly between the two devices you pair over an encrypted WebRTC connection. Because of that design, we cannot see, review, moderate, block, recover, or otherwise control what people share.

You must not use InstaShare in any way that is unlawful where you use it. We do not supervise transfers and we do not have the technical ability to police the contents of an anonymous, device-to-device session.

Laws that apply

The laws of the place where you use InstaShare apply to your use. You are solely responsible for knowing and following those laws, including any rules that apply to the files you choose to send or receive.

These terms do not choose a different country, court, or legal system for you. Nothing here is legal advice. We cannot tell you whether a particular file or use is allowed where you are.

How a transfer works

A short-lived QR code pairs one Android device with one browser tab. After pairing, either side may offer a file. The receiving side must accept it. File bytes then travel directly between those two devices using encrypted WebRTC, an open web technology. InstaShare does not receive the file and does not operate a cloud copy, upload server, or relay of file contents.

A transfer can fail for ordinary reasons: the devices cannot form a direct path, a network is restrictive, a browser tab is closed, storage is full, a permission is denied, or a device sleeps. Same-network use is usually the most reliable. We do not guarantee that any two devices will connect.

Devices, consent, and safety

Anyone who can see a live QR code or unlock one of the paired devices may be able to start or accept a transfer. Check the device you are pairing with. Read the file name, type, and size before you accept. Save only to a destination you choose. Treat received files as untrusted until you know they are safe to open.

Encryption in transit reduces the chance that a passer-by on the network can read the file. It does not make the other person, the other device, browser extensions, or the operating system trustworthy.

No warranty

To the maximum extent permitted by law, InstaShare is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including uninterrupted operation, availability, compatibility, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. Keep your own copies of important files. Do not rely on InstaShare as a backup or archive.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the operator of InstaShare, and anyone who contributes to it, will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of files, data, profits, goodwill, device integrity, privacy, or opportunity, arising out of or related to your use of InstaShare or your inability to use it, including a failed transfer, a file you or someone else chose to send, or content you chose to open.

If a jurisdiction does not allow some of these limits, they apply to the fullest extent that jurisdiction allows. Rights that the law of your location says cannot be waived remain unaffected.

Other services

Browsers, operating systems, app stores, networks, and the open web technologies used to form a connection are provided by others. Their terms, availability, and privacy practices are their own. InstaShare is not responsible for those third parties.

Changes and availability

InstaShare may change, break, or stop at any time. These terms may change; the effective date above is the current version. Continued use after a change is acceptance of the updated terms where the law of your location allows that.

Contact

Do not contact us about the law, about what someone shared, or about a transfer that failed. Sessions are anonymous and file contents never touch InstaShare servers, so we cannot inspect a session, recover a file, identify a user, or advise you about local law.

Contact us only if the Android app or the website itself is broken as software. Use the support email on the official Google Play listing for dev.instashare.app. That channel is for product defects, not legal, privacy, or transfer-recovery requests.