Earlier quoted context omitted.
The first rule...
It will be the best thing to happen to the TOR network - thousands of new (mostly non-exit, but still) nodes carrying all sorts of legal and illegal traffic.
TOR is THEIR network.
Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
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Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#42"The new Mega encrypts and decrypts your data transparently in your browser, on the fly. You hold the keys to what you store in the cloud, not us." For me this is the most important bit of the website. That bit demonstrates the dedication of building something that will be very hard to shut down. If you combine this with the VPN tunneling at the backend to obfuscate parties for the final host and content (similar to…
"Encryption in the browser" just screams "boondoggle" to me.
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#43Until Some Enquire None Ever Tell
Not only that, torrents are totally sufficient when done properly.
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#44So why not a .onion? You can set it up so that name resolution goes through Tor, but you still connect directly to the IP, if you're after speed. He could even manage to get mega.onion.
The first rule...
... is that it's 2012, digg is dead and nobody cares for the tired old memes that somehow outlasted it.
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#45Check out the Limitations beneath the "How to become a Hosting Partner" page. > Unfortunately, we can't work with hosting companies based in the United States. Safe harbour for service providers via the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has been undermined by the Department of Justice with its novel criminal prosecution of Megaupload. It is not safe for cloud storage sites or any business allowing user-generated conte…
The DMCA Safe Harbor works fine for companies that aren't PURPOSEFULLY attempting to violate copyright. Just don't make the mistake of getting caught berating employees for taking down infringing material, don't get caught figuring out what users upload the best pirated material so you can reward them, don't get caught ordering employees to work on improving the quality of pirated files on your site, and you won't ha…
On the other hand the lack of due process is significant, what good will it be for you when your domain/machines are seized for months before you can prove you are legit?
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#46"The new Mega encrypts and decrypts your data transparently in your browser, on the fly. You hold the keys to what you store in the cloud, not us." For me this is the most important bit of the website. That bit demonstrates the dedication of building something that will be very hard to shut down. If you combine this with the VPN tunneling at the backend to obfuscate parties for the final host and content (similar to…
"Encryption in the browser" just screams "boondoggle" to me.
Why?
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#47Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#48...jeez, thought that by now the guy thought of a different business model
Once you do something, you keep on doing it. Check out what happened to Peter Popoff after James Randi and Johnny Carson busted him in the 80's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdlX_Wn1K4
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega goes online at Mega.co.nz
#49Check out the Limitations beneath the "How to become a Hosting Partner" page. > Unfortunately, we can't work with hosting companies based in the United States. Safe harbour for service providers via the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has been undermined by the Department of Justice with its novel criminal prosecution of Megaupload. It is not safe for cloud storage sites or any business allowing user-generated conte…
The DMCA Safe Harbor works fine for companies that aren't PURPOSEFULLY attempting to violate copyright. Just don't make the mistake of getting caught berating employees for taking down infringing material, don't get caught figuring out what users upload the best pirated material so you can reward them, don't get caught ordering employees to work on improving the quality of pirated files on your site, and you won't ha…
Or, alternatively, do all that, without getting caught, to drive traffic, until you are a household name and get acquired by everyone's favorite advertising multinational. Then everyone'll forget your humble beginnings.