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Kim Dotcom has just launched his replacement for mega upload.
2048bit encrypted cloud storage with 50GB free.
Mega.co.nz
2048bit encrypted cloud storage with 50GB free.
Mega.co.nz
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I know Kim.com says that this is less likely to happen with this new service, but still...
Same here but it did earlier. Too many hits or taken down already :eek:.
Seems the site was more of a hit that they expected
http://www.androidauthority.com/kim-dotcom-mega-big-success-movies-next-148768/
Still nothing from them in the form of a confirmation email......Sorry, but even 50GB of free space is not really tempting me now....:(
Really? For the past few months the media has been hyping the return of Mega in it's new form so of course there is going to be a lot of traffic. It's to be expected.
Give it a couple of days and try again. Do you really need that 50GB right this instant?
Sheesh! They hit 250,000 users in their first two hours, I somehow think there might be a few delays whilst it gets up on its feet... :rolleyes:
And a few weeks before its taken down
it/ll be interesting. they have retained lawyers in ever jurisdiction. and they are not operating in the US,
I have many things I could store in the cloud but really can't be bothered with the amounts of time it takes.
That's only on the initial upload, now that it's up there you're only sending up diffs. In the long run it will work out quick, convient and free offsite backup.
LOL You can't have been that bothered in the first place if you have changed your mind after a few hours.
I don't think they will be taken down for legal reason. My guess is financial, he has no business model. Last time he owned million to hosting companies, this time I think they are probably going to be asking for the money up front. TB of storage and 10's gb of bandwidth don't come cheap and I can't see advertising keeping his site going.
Most of his money comes from lets just say rather shady dealing.
Most of the money comes from people buying accounts. Same as most online services.
They made a lot of money with megaupload, as far as I know they paid their bills on time. Their ISPs were certainly sorry to see them go.
https://mega.co.nz
http://torrentfreak.com/mega-is-brilliantly-secure-but-not-anonymous-130118/
Seems a bit strange that Mega want to know your creditworthiness as well ..
No surprises there I'm perfectly happy with the terms. Your data is encrypted client side. The only other info they have is payment info if you become a premium member, IP, username and email.
I read their privacy policy. From the article:
- When a user signs up for particular services on our website they may need to give us the details required in our registration form and keep that information up to date;
- Communication logs, traffic data, site usage and other information related to us supplying the services (including for serving of advertising material on our site);
- Any personal information included in data uploaded to our system including but not limited to registration information.
We keep records of IP addresses used to access our services.
While this may not be a huge issue for the mainstream, privacy buffs usually prefer more anonymity. Currently dissidents and whistleblowers are not shielded from being exposed by Mega, if the authorities come knocking.
Mega won’t hand personal information out to random strangers of course, but they will cooperate with law enforcement and comply with subpoenas as they should. In their privacy policy they state the following:
If we think it is necessary or we have to by law in any jurisdiction then we are entitled to give your information to the authorities.
We reserve the right to assist any law enforcement agency with investigations, including and limited to by way of disclosure of information to them or their agents. We also reserve the right to comply with any legal processes, including but not limited to subpoenas, search warrents (sic) and court orders.
What is it that you take issue with?
It's important to realise that they do not hold the encryption keys to your data so can't hand it over to anyone. But equally they are not wiki leaks. And they are not running a site for paedos.
Also they are not under US jurisdiction.
However the main point here, is that the encryption key is not kept by them. Thus even if they wanted to give your data to the authorities, they can do. However the authorities wont be able to do anything with it.