Kim Dotcom ’s Mega formally launches tomorrow , but we ’re already in . From the rank design we showed you this daybreak , the service might look like it ’s just another on-line storage locker like Dropbox or Google Drive . ( Update : It ’s bouncy . ) But it ’s way more than that . Mega is a arm purpose flat at right of first publication right wing bearer . It ’s possibly the most private , invincible file - sharing serve of all metre .
https://gizmodo.com/heres-our-first-look-at-kim-dotcoms-mega-updating-5977085
When you first sign in , you see ( instead of a large red button coyly promising to convert the world ) a simple pull - and - pearl upload tool . A Mega upload tool .
https://gizmodo.com/youll-get-50gb-of-free-storage-at-kim-dotcoms-new-file-5976879
From there , you ’re directly prompted to agree to term and conditions . Our resident lawyertold us they ’re not very well written , but in nub , they absolve Mega for any liability whatsoever for and naughty things you might do with the religious service . Smart Move , Kim .
After agree , you make it at your Cloud Drive — the file manager where all of your everything lives . When you pick out one of your single file or folders to upload you realize how fast this thing is . I went in advance and uploaded Metallica ’s Kill Em All in just a few minutes .
From there , with a single right wing - click , I can mother a download link for the record album . And then I can send it to whoever I want . It ’s Megaupload with a file director .
So what ’s to stop Mega from work down just the way Megaupload did ? Mega ’s privacy , which is a no - foolin ’ CVA of wizard . See , all of your file cabinet are encrypted topically before they ’re uploaded , so Mega has no idea what anything is . It could be family picture or work document , or an entire discography of your favourite band . fairy : on-line and easy to share . And importantly , Mega does n’t have the decoding key necessary to get in . See ? It ’s a masterstroke of right of first publication subversion .
To excuse further , Mega ’s price say that nobody can get at your stuff without your personal decryption key . And they do n’t have it . Only you do . The caller does , however , stipulate in the privacy insurance policy that they might cooperate with police enforcement . But bountiful hand ; what are they going to reverse over ? When Twitter and Facebook cooperate with the authority , they have access to your data . All Mega has is an encrypted single file , andthat ’s its ultimate protective covering .
https://gizmodo.com/megas-clever-encryption-will-protect-you-but-mostly-ki-5977265
So why is this a copyright killer ? Well , actually , it ’s way right smart more than a copyright killer ; it enables the most private data interchange of any on-line service uncommitted to the public . Prying eyes will have a concentrated sentence get to them .
That ’s important because the private exchange of your data point has always been a huge problem with online services . Take Google for example : full-grown guanine sometimes comply with request to pass on over your data point — the information you thought was private . Google does it because it can be compelled to do so , and because it has admittance . Conversely , if regime want to compel Kim Dotcom and society to reach over your datum , they would n’t be able to do it . And contract other entropy out of Mega — like thetechnical detailsabout how its keys work — is legally problematic , to say the least . But what we do know is thatit ’s a extremely clever way for Mega to protect itself from you .
So now two very swelled questions rest , and we ca n’t serve them from simply demoing the site . The first , is how impregnable is Mega ? Can hacker breach in ? Can the FBI ?
The 2d question , is what are Kim Dotcom ’s next plans for this armed service ? He ’s provide a shadowy roadmap for what lies ahead , but we ca n’t be sure . We ’re looking ahead to hearing what Kim Dotcom has to say at the launch press conference at 2:30AM EST Sunday break of day . We ’ll be there , red - eyed and struggling to spell coherently .
extra account byMelissa Ultowho is a author forMIPJournal .
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