Mega 50GB free encrypted cloud storage

davidom2513 · 28-01-2014 01:34AM #1

I don't know if this was posted here before, but Mega offers 50gb of free cloud storage. From the same guy/guys behind megaupload and megavideo.

All content is encrypted before upload.

A desktop client is in the works. As is encrypted email, and encrypted video calls.

Very good idea in the wake of the NSA scandal.

http://mega.co.nz/

EDIT: The desktop client is now available on the site aswell

scudzilla · 28-01-2014 01:41AM

Hmmmm, This is the same company who have had/has so many lawsuits brought onto them by the likes of the FBI and US government, some of these cases have included warrants for disclosure of items on the server.

Don't think i'd be trusting them with any of my stuff

col.in.Cr · 28-01-2014 06:58AM

scudzilla wrote: »

Hmmmm, This is the same company who have had/has so many lawsuits brought onto them by the likes of the FBI and US government, some of these cases have included warrants for disclosure of items on the server.

Don't think i'd be trusting them with any of my stuff

So they seem to not just handover data to the yanks easily? sounds like people I would trust.

jaykay74 · 28-01-2014 08:05AM

col.in.Cr wrote: »

So they seem to not just handover data to the yanks easily? sounds like people I would trust.

But didn't everyone who had data stored on megaupload lose it when it was shut down ?

Dravokivich · 28-01-2014 08:15AM

jaykay74 wrote: »

But didn't everyone who had data stored on megaupload lose it when it was shut down ?

Yes.

Stuxnet · 28-01-2014 08:46AM

MEGA been round a while now, you would be much better using mega then dropbox or anything else and if any body bothered to read, your stuff is encrypted before its uploaded, only you have the keys, so your stuff cannot ever be read by anyone. There is no master key.

MEGA is where its at, tho I do find the upload crashes a lot in chrome for me ? Im eagerly awaiting the client app.

50gb and your stuff encrypted on the fly == win.

madmoe · 28-01-2014 09:29AM

Stuxnet wrote: »

MEGA been round a while now, you would be much better using mega then dropbox or anything else and if any body bothered to read, your stuff is encrypted before its uploaded, only you have the keys, so your stuff cannot ever be read by anyone. There is no master key.

MEGA is where its at, tho I do find the upload crashes a lot in chrome for me ? Im eagerly awaiting the client app.

50gb and your stuff encrypted on the fly == win.

Yeah, been a user for about a year now and not that impressed with the uploads and overall UI, just slow and cumbersome! If they can make it better then I'll move ALL my bits from Dropbox to them when my free Dropbox period is up!!

Cheers,
M

Johnny_Fontane · 28-01-2014 09:42AM

scudzilla wrote: »

Hmmmm, This is the same company who have had/has so many lawsuits brought onto them by the likes of the FBI and US government, some of these cases have included warrants for disclosure of items on the server.

Don't think i'd be trusting them with any of my stuff

yeah, if they look at any of my photos, i'll be pissed!

Stuxnet · 28-01-2014 09:57AM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

yeah, if they look at any of my photos, i'll be pissed!

That's the blasé attitude attitude that ruins it for other people. Probably unknowingly & ignorance. People have the right and should encrypt their stuff, dont give the man access to your stuff, "because you've nothing to hide". Where will it end.

Allyall · 28-01-2014 11:01AM

Stuxnet wrote: »

MEGA is where its at, tho I do find the upload crashes a lot in chrome for me ? Im eagerly awaiting the client app.

Already available for Windows. Not the best ever, but it exists.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mega-Quietly-Launches-Sync-App-for-Windows-387627.shtml

I've used it quite a bit.
I'm currently using it to upload a TV series i ripped, to store it for myself.
I'm on day 2..

14GB can take quite a while to upload.

It is pretty cool and taking up exactly where it left off, even if your system crashed, or any other problems. It syncs the folder easily.

daveyjoe · 28-01-2014 11:30AM

Stuxnet wrote: »

MEGA been round a while now, you would be much better using mega then dropbox or anything else and if any body bothered to read, your stuff is encrypted before its uploaded, only you have the keys, so your stuff cannot ever be read by anyone.

The point is that the owner (Dotcom) is in all kinds of litigation at the moment. Although your stuff is encrypted, it can still be deleted/removed from the servers. The chance of this happening is much higher than with Dropbox or any of the more established businesses.

Dudda · 28-01-2014 11:46AM

I just can't trust the service like I can with Dropbox, Box.com or any of the many other services available. I lost stuff when Megaupload closed and this is the same owner, Kim Dotcom. He could be in a US jail soon if the FBI get their way and any files could easily disappear again then. For me it's more important my files are available and won't magically disappear overnight than if some government is looking at my holiday photos.

If you are worried about people looking at your files then set up your own cloud with a program like owncloud.
http://demo.owncloud.org/

Johnny_Fontane · 28-01-2014 12:24PM

Stuxnet wrote: »

That's the blasé attitude attitude that ruins it for other people. Probably unknowingly & ignorance. People have the right and should encrypt their stuff, dont give the man access to your stuff, "because you've nothing to hide". Where will it end.

Ruins it for who? 99.9% of people got far bigger issues than someone accessing data online.

A bunch of whimpering cry babys complaining about your data being accessed. First world problems gone bananas

Stuxnet · 28-01-2014 12:37PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Ruins it for who? 99.9% of people got far bigger issues than someone accessing data online.

A bunch of whimpering cry babys complaining about your data being accessed. First world problems gone bananas

Ignorance is bliss, if you cant understand or respect your own digital rights, there's no point trying to convince you. https://www.eff.org/

Shiny · 28-01-2014 01:19PM

I'm getting about 3-4MB/s upload of a 4TB encrypted backup of my dropbox folder which dropped to 1.7MB/s after five minutes. Pretty impressed with that speed given that they limit the bandwidth for free accounts. The fastest I have found has been Google drive where I can max out the [university] connection with 20MB/s. The file I'm sending up already has 256bit RSA encryption before going up to Mega who put theirs on top of that. Good luck to getting into those files.

While I have nothing to hide I don't like the brazen blasé attitude of these guys who feel they have a right to look at what they want. Out of stubbornness I'm determined to make it as difficult as possible for them to look at my files and if they do try, the amount of processing time taken will really pi$$ them off. Especially when all they find is a copy of my CV and brewing photos. :pac:

munchkin_utd · 28-01-2014 01:54PM

Stuxnet wrote: »

Ignorance is bliss, if you cant understand or respect your own digital rights, there's no point trying to convince you. https://www.eff.org/

so, my wedding, kids early years and other irreplacable family photos of important moments are "safer" on the mega server which is encrypted but may get closed down any day now, than somewhere else which the NSA can theoretically access but is more likely to still have your files safe and sound in 6 or 12 months time.

seriously, why in the name of god would anybody from security organisations be arsed accessing my photos, not that a choice selection isnt already available to them via facebook or even club and other websites.

seamus · 28-01-2014 02:00PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

seriously, why in the name of god would anybody from security organisations be arsed accessing my photos, not that a choice selection isnt already available to them via facebook or even club and other websites.

Well, there's a theoretical issue there that access to photographs gives them data. In the same way as you have no need to be worried that security organisations have a copy of your fingerprints.

More photographs gives them more data, and as a result, a better ability to recognise faces, and in some instances to trawl metadata from those photos - places you've been, seen, dates etc.

It all depends on your level of paranoia -v- the importance of your data. I wouldn't trust MEGA to protect my data from deletion.

There are ways of using more reliable services like dropbox and encrypting your data at the same time.

madmoe · 28-01-2014 02:08PM

Hey guys,
What is the link for the free 50GB box account?

Johnny_Fontane · 28-01-2014 03:05PM

Stuxnet wrote: »

Ignorance is bliss, if you cant understand or respect your own digital rights, there's no point trying to convince you. https://www.eff.org/

Usual holier than thou bs. how can you scream for digital rights on one hand, yet download copyrighted material on the other.

davidom2513 · 28-01-2014 03:37PM

People should be crying out for secure services like this after it emerged that all our information is being collected. Encrypted file storage, instant messaging, voice calls, email etc. are much neeeded

I find it strange to see people here criticize it. Regardless of what is being stored its nice to know that its secure . Who wants all their files, emails, calls collected? Its an important step in the right direction, whether some people on here realise it or not.

From what I've read, the site can not be taken down like Megavideo was. Each user has their own master encryption key, this relieves Mega from any responsibility, as they dont know what is being stored.

Stuxnet · 28-01-2014 03:54PM

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Usual holier than thou bs. how can you scream for digital rights on one hand, yet download copyrighted material on the other.

Why are you singling me out for downloading copyrighted material. ?

You haven't a clue, that's fine your in the majority, the post above has said it maybe clearer then me.

seamus wrote: »

There are ways of using more reliable services like dropbox and encrypting your data at the same time.

true db offer encryption, they store your stuff encrypted, the point here missed by some is the lack of control of your data, mega gives you full controll, ie only you can decrypt your data, no body else, not them, not uncle sam, dropbox can decrypt your data on request, nothing you can do. You have given control of your data.

Esel · 29-01-2014 03:31AM

scudzilla wrote: »

Hmmmm, This is the same company who have had/has so many lawsuits brought onto them by the likes of the FBI and US government, some of these cases have included warrants for disclosure of items on the server.

Don't think i'd be trusting them with any of my stuff

I saw .nz in the link, and immediately thought Five Eyes .....

col.in.Cr wrote: »

So they seem to not just handover data to the yanks easily? sounds like people I would trust.

That's what you are supposed to think. 'Warrants' and 'Lawsuits' => Trust?

For the (non-)average Joe, the first pre-requisite of internet security is an air gap. On the high side, you need state-of-the-art (ha ha ha) encryption. Then you walk the encrypted data medium to a connected device and send it. Reverse for receiving. You also need to be totally secure against media compromise over the air gap. This can be achieved via a human interface, assuming that the site is totally protected against electronic emanation. If using a human interface (i.e. an actual person) to type the cryptotext into the low side machine, you also need a reliable error-correcting mechanism to avoid a typo causing catastrophic corruption.

Obviously, to achieve electronic security over the air gap you need supreme resources. Maybe you should have a multitude of successive air gaps, each of which has state-of-the-art security. To even think that you have this level of security, you have to be either a huge corporation or a first-world (net-wise) nation state.

So, not practicable for the average Joe, especially when the files involved are relatively huge - pictures, documents, etc. Therefore, Joe should not assume the security/privacy of any data on any connected device - especially not any data stored on a third-party device.

Bottom line: If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Right?

IDTSX IDGAF

Mega 50GB free encrypted cloud storage

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