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Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by watty »

dannyrosen wrote: post #2

http://www.spideroak.com has been doing this for years. Nothing new to see here.

You're right, technically they're not doing anything groundbreaking. The difference is that they already have a huge fan base, ridiculous amounts of publicity, and much better UI and pricing than spideroak.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by thoughtcriminal »

Personally, I can't wait for this. Yes, I have a Dropbox account and have for years, but I like the ideology behind this, and lately the US government doesn't seem to be all that concerned about the liberties of its citizens - or citizens of any country.

I'm just wondering if it has a desktop sync like Dropbox. Now that would be MEGA.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by akosner »

I like the logical chess game that Dotcom is playing here. Even if everybody knows that some of the storage will be used for copyrighted material, it can't be proven that ANY of it is. There are many legitimate reasons why people want secure, encrypted and private storage, so innocent until proven guilty (which can't be proven!)

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by jpdoctor »

thoughtcriminal wrote: post #4

Personally, I can't wait for this. Yes, I have a Dropbox account and have for years, but I like the ideology behind this, and lately the US government doesn't seem to be all that concerned about the liberties of its citizens - or citizens of any country. I'm just wondering if it has a desktop sync like Dropbox. Now that would be MEGA.

> but I like the ideology behind this, and lately the US government doesn't seem to be all that concerned about the liberties of its citizens

Definitely a case of "no such thing as bad publicity". At this point, he probably has better name recognition than dropbox, before the product is even out.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by AhtiK »

dannyrosen wrote: post #2

http://www.spideroak.com has been doing this for years. Nothing new to see here.

They are quite different: MEGA is a web-based file hosting, spideroak is a desktop app that syncs your local files to the cloud for sync&backup.

Spideroak is for your own private storage (+ShareRoom for sharing with a group), MEGA is positioning primarily for filesharing.

Yes, they both use encryption for files without sharing the key with the service provider but that's as far as I'd go with the similarity.

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