From his twitter feed just now:
"In 3 hours it will be exactly 1 year after the US government destroyed #Megaupload. In 3 hours #Mega will be born."
edit: that'd put Mega online ~10:45am PST
Kim Dotcom's New Mega Encrypted Cloud Storage
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#22I like this guy, he's beating copyright enforcers at their own game. That's literally DRM the other way around.
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#23While 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...
Simultaneous raids are well within the capability of US law enforcement, even overseas.
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#24down for me
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#25Personally, 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.
It is not bad publicity at all. In fact he has, despite his problematic past, shown the strongest commitment possible to his clients. He could have sold or left Megaupload long before things came down. He could have left the Mega idea behind and put his focus and money towards saver ventures. But instead he continues to stay dedicated to the cause he is fighting for.
Showing that you are willing to fight for your cause, despite having powerful enemies, and sticking to your mission even after your company, your home and your private life have been raided, demonstrates integrity. And integrity is probably the best publicity you can get - especially when operating in controversial industries.
I personally would love to see a Mega incubator that fosters an environment of similar challenging ideas (for example building on Mega's in-browser encryption).
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#26Personally, 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.
Linux users can use Dropbox + encfs. But I wouldn't mind having an extra encryption layer, and 50GB for free =p
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#27http://www.spideroak.com has been doing this for years. Nothing new to see here.
Oh, common. Encrypted online storage is nothing new, period. It's the proudly extended middle finger that makes all the difference.
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#28I 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.
I wonder how much of a house of cards would be necessary to distance MEGA from such indexing sites and yet still profit from it. Dotcom did say he is interested in new business models. How new could it be?
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
"“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...
Simultaneous raids are well within the capability of US law enforcement, even overseas.
The model is to eventually have thousands of varied hosts within the storage network.
That said, it is to launch under one single unified host in NZ.
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#30He just posted on twitter a new music video it seems.