50GB Free Cloud Storage - MEGA!!

Allyall

I'm surprised this hasn't been already posted. So i guess i will and take the flack.. :P

Free 50GB of Cloud Storage with "Mega" Encryption, so your files are "Mega" secure.
They recommend using Google Chrome, but it is not forced.

So Kim.com is still waiting trial, i wouldn't put anything sensitive in here, or anything I couldn't bare to lose. But i wouldn't do that with Dropbox or many others either. I would probably only use it as a cloud storage to and from my phone and PC.

http://www.me.ga

Sign up, Confirm your email, Sign In, and wait for your encryption key to be made.





It will definitely be interesting to see where this goes. and what makes it the best Cloud service available.
I haven't yet seen a file size limit on what you upload.

snubbleste

FBI will read all your files :cool:

Allyall

snubbleste wrote: »

FBI will read all your files :cool:

Just found this, whilst looking up more info..
Three Keys To Making Mega An Acceptable Cloud Storage Service

Mega has a generous level of storage (50GB for free users) and is promising a network of servers around the world to preserve data both from data loss and from the likely legal action. because hovering over Mega is the continued discussion over the court actions around Megaupload.

Also, no way can anybody look up your files without your permission, hence the 2048MB encrypted key which is written when you first sign in. Like Wuala, they are not subjective to U.S. law (Even though that really means Warner Bros/Sony/20th Century Fox etc. - and all other companies that the US government bend over for), because they are not based there, and that is how he plans to fight the pending case.

So i wouldn't be worried about anyone reading my files, as that is near impossible, but i would be worried about the servers being shut down and losing them, although, after reading the above article, i admittedly am less worried now.

madmoe

Allyall wrote: »

Just found this, whilst looking up more info..
Three Keys To Making Mega An Acceptable Cloud Storage Service


Also, no way can anybody look up your files without your permission, hence the 2048MB encrypted key which is written when you first sign in. Like Wuala, they are not subjective to U.S. law (Even though that really means Warner Bros/Sony/20th Century Fox etc. - and all other companies that the US government bend over for), because they are not based there, and that is how he plans to fight the pending case.

So i wouldn't be worried about anyone reading my files, as that is near impossible, but i would be worried about the servers being shut down and losing them, although, after reading the above article, i admittedly am less worried now.

I think I'm gonna use it as a 'backup' for all the 'stuff' I have on my 1TB drives.....if I lost them I would loose everything!! Now I know I won't get to store everything up there but I could set up two accounts ;-)

Cheers,
M

Pique

Make sure you choose a strong password (and triple check that you've typed it correctly) because you CANNOT change it.

http://www.zdnet.com/mega-users-if-youre-hacked-once-youre-hacked-for-life-7000010054/

Edit: I mean if you forget it, you cannot reset it. Your account is locked. I'm sure you can change it through the admin function or User CP etc.

madmoe

Oh....really!?? Just got an error! "Ooops, something went wrong" :-(

Now getting "Error Code: -9??"

BaconZombie

I would not trust this site for anything you care about.

Pique wrote: »

Make sure you choose a strong password (and triple check that you've typed it correctly) because you CANNOT change it, EVER.

http://www.zdnet.com/mega-users-if-youre-hacked-once-youre-hacked-for-life-7000010054/

Also for the lazy I'll repost this from Reddit:

long_b

madmoe wrote: »

I think I'm gonna use it as a 'backup' for all the 'stuff' I have on my 1TB drives.....if I lost them I would loose everything!! Now I know I won't get to store everything up there but I could set up two accounts ;-)

Cheers,
M

20 accounts

Notch000

did anyone get an account set up yet ?? im still getting an error on verification

ToadVine

Notch000 wrote: »

did anyone get an account set up yet ?? im still getting an error on verification

Me too

Tazz T

I did, but it's just so slow at uploading, I'm not going to bother. Will stick with Wuala.

positron

I tried uploading couple of files two days ago - it's a bit slow. You do have the facility to share the file with a public URL, and there's a terms and conditions checkbox when you try download using that URL, which I suppose is their get-out-clause about users sharing copyrighted stuff. Also didn't ask to retype password etc - and only works with Chrome - all a bit different and a bit too picky. Might come back to this later.

Luckycharms_74

Tazz T wrote: »

I did, but it's just so slow at uploading, I'm not going to bother. Will stick with Wuala.

This ^^^^^^^^^
I'm gonna stick with Wuala or Dropbox, tried and trusted

madmoe

I got signed in eventually and it is DOG slow uploading :-(

rai555

Tazz T wrote: »

I did, but it's just so slow at uploading, I'm not going to bother. Will stick with Wuala.

The upload takes ages, don't think it's worth a hassle, this cloud is too far

Allyall

2 and a half hours to upload a 2.3MB jpeg and counting..

uck51js9zml2yt

rai555 wrote: »

The upload takes ages, don't think it's worth a hassle, this cloud is too far

Just so you know what the cloud actually is :rolleyes: http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/what-does-cloud-actually-mean/

madmoe

rai555 wrote: »

The upload takes ages, don't think it's worth a hassle, this cloud is too far

So true, they need to get their act together on upload if they want to be taken seriously!!

D_D

Really? I'm uploading a 460MB file currently at a rate of 1MB/s, so it will be up in ~5 minutes...

Pretty good on this end.

madmoe

D_D wrote: »

Really? I'm uploading a 460MB file currently at a rate of 1MB/s, so it will be up in ~5 minutes...

Pretty good on this end.

I'm on NTL here, you mate??

seklly

550 KB/s here for a 400MB file over wireless with UPC, not bad

madmoe

seklly wrote: »

550 KB/s here for a 400MB file over wireless with UPC, not bad

Seems to work intermittently for me :-(

nulabert

Camila Tight Violoncello wrote: »

Just so you know what the cloud actually is :rolleyes: http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/what-does-cloud-actually-mean/

Pity that Councillor is Galway didn't have that link

"Connemara would be ideal for cloud computing because it has heavy cloud cover for nine months of the year."

More here:
http://www.politics.ie/forum/education-science/176419-clouds-confusion.html

28064212

nulabert wrote: »

Pity that Councillor is Galway didn't have that link

"Connemara would be ideal for cloud computing because it has heavy cloud cover for nine months of the year."

More here:
http://www.politics.ie/forum/education-science/176419-clouds-confusion.html

If you had read the second post on politics.ie, you would have realised it was a fake story

nulabert

28064212 wrote: »

If you had read the second post on politics.ie, you would have realised it was a fake story

A Permit System for Drink Drivers in Kerry is a fake story too!!

I'm sticking with Dropbox and i must get one of them permits!!

Skill Magill

Try changing these settings to increase upload speed?

Squeaky the Squirrel

http://www.mediafire.com/

50GB free with them aswell.

madmoe

eoing1 wrote: »

Try changing these settings to increase upload speed?

Cheers! Changed those now and we will see!

unkel

Signed up now and a file is uploading at about 3KB/s. That's slower than useless


Thanks OP for the link, I'll try again later but more likely than not will I kill my account soon enough...

juan.kerr

Allyall wrote: »

and what makes it the best Cloud service available.

Who said this? Kim himself?

Allyall

juan.kerr wrote: »

Who said this? Kim himself?

Jaysis... Gave me a fright there, i was thinking "i didn't write that."
But now i see it in context, yep. I'll try and find the link, but of course he would say that anyway.

It was with his quote about the button "On January the 19th, this button will change the world."

He has also released a statement saying something along the lines of the speed issues will be perfect by next week.

juan.kerr

Allyall wrote: »

Jaysis... Gave me a fright there, i was thinking "i didn't write that."
But now i see it in context, yep. I'll try and find the link, but of course he would say that anyway.

It was with his quote about the button "On January the 19th, this button will change the world."

He has also released a statement saying something along the lines of the speed issues will be perfect by next week.

There's where you went wrong - taking the words of a massive self publicist as gospel truth. You only have to look at Assange to see what I mean.

In fairness Kim doesn't seem the worst, and I'm curious, despite the hype.

Allyall

Yeah. Although i must admit, i did think it would be pretty good, and the way he went on about it i was expecting something amazing... - sucked in.

But i had read bits about it being a pretty crappy service when i posted it. I still think it will get better (It has to). But i have seen the twitter/tweet hat some hacker put posted saying it would be easy to access, so i would never put anything sensitive in there.

bennyc

Anyone using this, I set up and account for a mate and he uploaded a video. 1GB I downloaded it and it says 100% complete but I cannot find the file on my machine. Anyone have any idea where it is ?

Skill Magill

bennyc wrote: »

Anyone using this, I set up and account for a mate and he uploaded a video. 1GB I downloaded it and it says 100% complete but I cannot find the file on my machine. Anyone have any idea where it is ?

When you log on in the window that says file transfers, you will see the file you downloaded. Beside that there is an option (in blue) that says save file.
Click that, tell it where you want it saved, job done

sabahm

Ahhh for FBI and Great offer from MegaCloud. It's extremely good to have 50GB storage

madmoe

Still trying to get inspired by this......