Has anyone got something uploaded? I'm curious how the downloading actually works. Do they still use the original monetization scheme, i.e. pay to get faster transfer?
I think everyone is expecting MPAA&friends (FBI, ICE, etc) to watch Mega. But there isn't much they can do about it when it comes to private sharing, so from that point of view it's a lot more secure than Google Drive, Dropbox, Rapidshare, etc.
As for public sharing, nothing has really changed, because you need to give your password for the file to be accessible, and it's possible MPAA&friends will look into the more high-profile ones by using the passwords, and demand them to be taken down.
Do they disguise metadata as well? File size, name, and directory layout would be more than enough to identify particular files (or at least enough to obtain a warrant to force mega to push trojan client software).
I'm sure they've considered this but if someone has seen an article or post analyzing the client side encryption I'd love to read it.
That image they got on their site, that appears while the app is loading, with the cloud and the gears is practically the same one that stripe has on their website.
> "That said, Mega's also claims that their service saves room on its over-burdened servers by keeping a single copy of identical files How do they do that if they don't know their users' password? Good question. We don't know the answer."
Can anyone shed some light on how this might be possible, given the files are encrypted?
If it is convergent encryption, though, a rights holder can still check if their content is being uploaded and send out takedown notices and then it's Rapidshare all over again. Not saying that it's the users/market Mega crowd is going after.
> That said, Mega's also claims that their service saves room on its over-burdened servers by keeping a single copy of identical files How do they do that if they don't know their users' password? Good question. We don't know the answer.
How can they do this and still keep information about the file unavailable?
Assuming this actually works, it's an attempt to execute the plan in cryptonomicon -- secure data storage immune to government inspection.
Dropbox could, of course, have implemented something similar if it weren't trying to do deduplication. Assuming you are doing deduplication, it would be neat to be able to -- say -- insert a DVD into your dropbox-based DVD ripper and discover the operation had completed instantly...
So has anybody been able to actually use Megaconz (i love the ironic name, btw)? My 70kb image upload's been pending for hours and the ENTIRE site is unusable while an upload is pending. I could have flew the fucking jpeg to New Zealand already. I guess i can speculate that the thing is either getting slammed with traffic or the release didn't go well.
At least they miserably failed load testing etc. Site was practically completely down for the first 24 hours. At least in EU area. They also failed to send emails about their service being opened (they did collect addresses etc.) So I would say they failed on multiple fronts.
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As for public sharing, nothing has really changed, because you need to give your password for the file to be accessible, and it's possible MPAA&friends will look into the more high-profile ones by using the passwords, and demand them to be taken down.
I'm sure they've considered this but if someone has seen an article or post analyzing the client side encryption I'd love to read it.
Can anyone shed some light on how this might be possible, given the files are encrypted?
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_encryption)
(http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=convergent+...)
etc etc.
Do you have a more specific question, because there are people on HN who can answer it.
How can they do this and still keep information about the file unavailable?
Dropbox could, of course, have implemented something similar if it weren't trying to do deduplication. Assuming you are doing deduplication, it would be neat to be able to -- say -- insert a DVD into your dropbox-based DVD ripper and discover the operation had completed instantly...
Score: 5, Humor
If more people want to buy tickets to a concert than number of available seats, is the concert then a failure?