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Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by shurcooL » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 5:10 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #85

shurcooL wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The difference is, if Dropbox is down tomorrow, I still have all my data backed up on my computer(s).

You can have that with any provider: just don't delete the data after you've uploaded it.

Not true, you're forgetting about automatic synchronization.

With Dropbox, I only have to worry about maintaining one place, the Dropbox. It syncs across all my devices.

Without that, I'd have to sync files manually whenever I delete/rename/change them... I hope you see that it's not the same.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by mahmud » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 6:37 AM UTC

Or use the GPLed Tahoe-LAFS, by Zooko (et al), a real hacker and man of unquestionable integrity.

https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by joonix » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 7:05 AM UTC

Couldn't they just pull the plug on all of their servers? Then they wouldn't need the keys. They could demand removal of copyrighted files, but if Mega refuses to do so, they could demand the server be taken offline until they figure out how.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by nwh » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 8:13 AM UTC

0xC3 wrote: post #81

Hmmm... interesting use of a domain hack. mega.co.nz = "mega conz"

I doubt it's any more intentional than the main second level domain for the Cook Islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.co.ck

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by icebraining » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 9:22 AM UTC

shurcooL wrote: post #91

icebraining wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can have that with any provider: just don't delete the data after you've uploaded it.

Not true, you're forgetting about automatic synchronization. With Dropbox, I only have to worry about maintaining one place, the Dropbox. It syncs across all my devices. Without that, I'd have to sync files manually whenever I delete/rename/change them... I hope you see that it's not the same.

I never claimed the services are equivalent, just that you don't need Dropbox to have a local backup of the files.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by rlx0x » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 10:37 AM UTC

robomartin wrote: post #67

Isn't it true that ANY web storage and file-sharing company could be raided and shut-down tomorrow? What's different between Megaupload and Dropbox or any of the others? If the Feds (and the Motion Picture industry) decide that Dropbox is hosting pirated works they could suffer the same fate, no? I am not focusing on Dropbox here. They are just a place holder for any storage/sharing service you'd care to name. I use…

They answer your question (from the TOS): "You must maintain copies of all data stored by you on our service. We do not make any guarantees that there will be no loss of data or the services will be bug free. You are completely responsible to remove all data prior to termination of services."

Reading their TOS makes me not want to use the service (but thats true to any other "cloud storage" provider aswell).

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by robomartin » Sun, Jan 20, 2013, 10:16 PM UTC

rorrr wrote: post #87

robomartin wrote: post #78

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That is far from horrible advice. And you are taking "locally" way too literally. You get to define what "locally" means. It definitely means "not trusting a third party with your important data". In my case it means that I keep three full backups of everything at three different locations and with various incremental and full-backup schedules. Old data that doesn't see a lot of activity is archived and even burned t…

> In my case it means that I keep three full backups of everything at three different locations I think it's you who doesn't understand the meaning of "locally".

OK. Let's call it "personally" then.

Re: Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage

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Post by Endless » Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 7:05 AM UTC

mylittlepony wrote: post #83

arcatek wrote: post #74

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There are stating in their help page that Firefox allocates as much memory as the size of the downloaded files, which is not very convenient for this kind of application. > However, some legacy or technically inadequate browsers require the entire file to be stored in memory for downloading (Firefox, IE10, Opera), or for both downloading and uploading (IE9, Safari 5). At the end, the choice is yours but they are fair…

Well I don't like their tone, I don't need to be told that my browser is "outdated", especially if it's not, it works perfectly fine for basically the rest of the internet, including web dev tasks. If there is a very specific use case for which it's not the best, they should have said so. They should have checked whether I'm using IE6, or the latest FF version, and adapt their speech accordingly. I feel like an angry…

Why should Mega being going out of its way to make you feel better?