http://www.spideroak.com has been doing this for years. Nothing new to see here.
Also, Tarsnap and Wuala.
Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage
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#12My associate is really wanting it. Not because it was Megaupload, my associate is very much against piracy...
But he is a privacy nut, has truecrypted hard drives, and was sad there was no encryption on Google Drive.
Now this has encryption, and office tools in the roadmap, I can see the excitement of a person against piracy can have!
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#13While it sounds like it would be great for secure archival storage, I can't help but worry that it would disappear one day in a raid.
"“Each file will be kept with at least two different hosters, [in] at least two different locations," said Dotcom." from http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/building-mega-ars...
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#14I'm getting a blank page with a simple
Access Denied
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#15I 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!)
It depends if he tries to monetize it by paying referral fees to websites indexing all the pirated stuff ... again.
Nobody cares about one to one piracy.
Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage
#16http://www.spideroak.com has been doing this for years. Nothing new to see here.
the free account will be 50GB.
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#17Personally, 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.
It seems to be mostly web-based so it might be better suited for sharing sensitive information etc that should not fall into the hands of the service provider.
For personal encrypted sync & backup I'd guess encrypted you-hold-the-key solutions like CrashPlan, Tarsnap, Wuala and SpiderOak are better options.
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#18I'm getting a blank page with a simple Access Denied when trying to access https://mega.co.nz . Is anyone else getting the same?
same. I can't wait until this service is launched.
Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage
#19While it sounds like it would be great for secure archival storage, I can't help but worry that it would disappear one day in a raid.
Even better. It means you will treat your data like it might all disappear one day, as you should with all cloud data.
It can happen across all cloud platforms - and has happened for many people already.
Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage
#20http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/18/kim-dotcom-...
The Guardian interview linked from the original article is worth reading.