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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ will explain how to set up two devices with the core Syncthing flavor.

.. _`Syncthing-GTK`: https://github.com/kozec/syncthing-gtk

.. note::
By default, Syncthing connects to a Syncthing Foundation discovery server to
locate devices and traverse firewalls. Your antivirus or firewall software may
occasionally flag connections to specific relay nodes as potential false
positives, but note that all traffic remains fully end-to-end encrypted.

Syncthing
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