25GB free online storage for life with Box (Worth €9.99 Per Month)

Allyall

As opposed to the other free online storage offers, you get this 25GB's for life, which is good.. (You'll have to create a new account)

Invite your friends to get 25GB of free storage*
They'll also get unlimited signatures from HelloSign

* Offer valid for new box accounts only.



Sign up for free digital signatures with HelloSign and get 25GB of free storage with Box - https://www.hellosign.com?utc_campaign=box25

Box is an online storage service which is very similar to Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive,... All around the world, Box is helping over 7 million customers share content quickly and painlessly. With Box, you can store all kinds of files online and arrange them into folders just like on your desktop, then access them anywhere, anytime, on any device (desktop, laptop, phone, tablet). You can also share your files or folders with friends by sending them a link. Box is your hard drive in the cloud and your files are stored in a safe place.

HelloFax has just launched HelloSign. HelloSign lets you fill out and sign documents online, completely free. 25 GB online storage capacity of Box Personal plan is priced at $9.99 per month. But on the occasion of the HelloSign launch, Box is giving away 25 GB of free online storage for life to anyone who checks out HelloSign today.

cookie1977

I dont think referrel links are permitted

https://www.hellosign.com/

Allyall

cookie1977 wrote: »

I dont think referrel links are permitted

https://www.hellosign.com/

It's not a referral link. That's they link the give everyone.

hellosign[dot]com - utc campaign = box25 (25GB Space)

I don't think you can use referrals with this promotion (Not yet anyway )

breathn

Remember: there's a 100MB per file maximum limit with this offer.

cookie1977

breathn wrote: »

Remember: there's a 100MB per file maximum limit with this offer.

Yeah they always do that. They were giving away 25GB plans to android and blackberry users and again while they uped the limit they kept they upload limt.

charlie_says

Got one yesterday.

Thanks OP.

arodabomb

Cheers OP, grabbed this too.

Great, only flaw appears to be that you can't specify a folder to be backed up, that it just has a box.com folder. I'd like to be able to select a few folders to backup, rather than having to put them in the box folder.

Great find though.

charlie_says

arodabomb wrote: »

Cheers OP, grabbed this too.

Great, only flaw appears to be that you can't specify a folder to be backed up, that it just has a box.com folder. I'd like to be able to select a few folders to backup, rather than having to put them in the box folder.

Great find though.

You should be able to do this via a junction link - assuming you are in windows for this

information here:

http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/

This is easier

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html

cookie1977

charlie_says wrote: »

You should be able to do this via a symbolic link - assuming you are in windows for this guide

information here:

http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/

Sugarsync allows you to backup/sync any folder on your computer. They have a magicbriefcase folder which behaves like the box folder or dropbox folder. I find sugar sync superior to the other offerings out there. Ok so they haven't given away 25gbs or such but their base offering of 5gbs free is better then most other base offerings.

Dman001

breathn wrote: »

Remember: there's a 100MB per file maximum limit with this offer.

Drives me daft that limit, but can't complain with the 50GB I got free with them in the past. Their Android App is fantastic too. Does Dropbox have the same limits with the free storage they give away (like with the HTC phones)?

Chalk_Farm

are these websites safe, like when you upload a load of documents can anyone see them...either the company operating the site or other people who use the site!?

cookie1977

Chalk_Farm wrote: »

are these websites safe, like when you upload a load of documents can anyone see them...either the company operating the site or other people who use the site!?

They are safe as any site using any sort of security. Nothing is perfectly safe but if you've a good password then you've at least done all you can to secure the data and no one else should be able to get at it but there's always the possibility. Dropbox had a security breach in the past week
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/01/dropbox-security-breach-stolen-passwords-internet/

Nothing is perfect.

Allyall

Chalk_Farm wrote: »

are these websites safe, like when you upload a load of documents can anyone see them...either the company operating the site or other people who use the site!?

There's a thread somewhere else about that, i think it's actually here somewhere, spideroak, and another one Wuala referral threads, both claim to be highly encrypted and confidential.

Not too sure where Spideroak is based, Wuala is France. I don't think the American ones are as encrypted, i think they allow third parties and staff to view them, therefore leaving them open to anyone really. But all the same, good for storage.

cookie1977

Allyall wrote: »

There's a thread somewhere else about that, i think it's actually here somewhere, spideroak, and another one Wuala referral threads, both claim to be highly encrypted and confidential.

Not to sure where Spideroak is based, Wuala is France. I don't think the American ones are as encrypted, i think they allow third parties and staff to view them, therefore leaving them open to anyone really. But all the same, good for storage.

They're almost all encrypted to some level or another. You can compare most from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_backup_services

Allyall

cookie1977 wrote: »

They're almost all encrypted to some level or another. You can compare most from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_backup_services

True, But i read somewhere (Probably here) that The U.S. ones allow Government and staff to view files by law, to deter/prevent pirating.

Spideroak seems to be the best. and Wuala stores it's key on your PC, so it's harder for anyone to get it. Nothing is impossible .

Feck all of them have Personal Encryption.

Personal Encryption - The user needs to manage their own encryption key or password. If they lose it, there is no way to access the data. The service provider cannot access the user's data even if required by the government.[77][78] Backup service providers often claim that no one can access the users data even though they themselves could if forced to do so, so entries claiming support of this feature should always have a supporting reference. If the backup service has a password recovery or reset mechanism that allows a user to access their data when they lose their password or key, that proves they do not have personal encryption.