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Jan. 20th, 2013 14:17so kim dotcom, the currently-being-prosecuted owner of megaupload, has finally launched his new site, dubbed with characteristic humility "mega".
the site is significantly different from megaupload; it's designed to function as encrypted cloud storage, and only you have the key to any data you store on it (you can share it with others). mega does therefore not know what you are storing. kim dotcom is making a lot of noise about how we all deserve more privacy, blah blah, but here's the kicker:
the site logs your IP information, and keeps track of what you access on the site. and it keeps that data for the duration of you holding an account with them (https://mega.co.nz/#privacy).
yeah, not so much with the privacy after all.
i can't stand kim dotcom, and while i cheer that he is not buckling under the full pressure of the US government, that he remains a big, fat thorn in their side, and rubs his audacity in their face, i feel slightly dirty for cheering. and i won't use his new site if i can help it.
the site is significantly different from megaupload; it's designed to function as encrypted cloud storage, and only you have the key to any data you store on it (you can share it with others). mega does therefore not know what you are storing. kim dotcom is making a lot of noise about how we all deserve more privacy, blah blah, but here's the kicker:
the site logs your IP information, and keeps track of what you access on the site. and it keeps that data for the duration of you holding an account with them (https://mega.co.nz/#privacy).
yeah, not so much with the privacy after all.
i can't stand kim dotcom, and while i cheer that he is not buckling under the full pressure of the US government, that he remains a big, fat thorn in their side, and rubs his audacity in their face, i feel slightly dirty for cheering. and i won't use his new site if i can help it.