I have uploaded something to Mega

No ... i'm lying. It works like shit. Maybe someone expected but c'mon, cant it handle with half of the users it will be tomorrow?. I guess too many traffic but its Mega, i mean, its expected ... isnt it?.

The revolution of internet is not ready, sorry.

 

What are you talking about?

 

Mega, the successor of Megaupload, (the popular filesharing website) has launched. There's been a ton of registrations and activity. The site offers 50GB storage to free users. The severs are so shocked that no one can upload anything.

He/She thinks it is rubbish.

 

I've just found Mega, it sure looks really nice, but I also hope it's at least a bit faster than MegaUpload.
I really hated MegaUpload for its speed, but it could be they only had Servers in New Zealand, which is exactly the opposite of this planet for me.

 

ths ite acts weird ly due to the massive overload.. i guess it'll be like this for 4-5 days

 

You hated Megaupload for its speed? :/ Megaupload for me was always the fastest file sharing site as a free user, I used to consistently get 2MB download speeds with no waiting times or restrictions in multiple downloads.

 

Do you live somewhere in or near Australia?
Because I live in Europe, so New Zealand is the exact opposite place of the world, and back when MegaUpload existed, I had 30 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up.
But really, even Uploading one 50 MB file was a pain.

 

The site has servers all over the world anyway (except the US), so that doesnt matter.

And megaupload was in the US

 

Nope I'm in the UK. Although I could have sworn I somehow had a free "premium" setting because I never had to wait for downloads, could download as much as a wanted all day and never had issues with speeds. It was almost like having a premium accound without actually paying for it. :/

 

I did have Premium for a few months, and even then it was exactly as slow.
Well, only 0,7 Mbps faster, but it wasn't really shocking fast.
Meanwhile, I had fast downloads with RapidShare, Premium made it only faster.

 

Strange, maybe it's ISP related.

 

Mega is supposed to make use of an uploader encryption system. Basically whatever is uploaded is encrypted on your computer then sent to mega for storage, being that only you have the decryption keys mega are unable to access your data stored on their server. Thus, supposedly, thwarting copyright issues of materials on there. It's a bit more complicated than that obviously (or so I've read) but it's supposed to be the next big thing in storage and file sharing, and of course piracy (according to the news websites initial reports anyway).

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/01/megabad-a-quick-look-at-the-state-of-megas-encryption/

Though I've read articles that state it only protects mega from litigation, NOT you.

http://news.yahoo.com/megas-encryption-protects-business-not-files-143413739.html

 

Which is the same as megaupload (uploader wasnt protected) with the benefit of dotcom not getting raided again. Make no mistake - he doesnt give a rats ass about protecting the users, just himself.

 

I had suspected this all along (that they were only covering their own asses), while I've not read that encryption article in detail yet what escapes me is if supposedly only you have the decryption keys then how can you post private links to your protected content to others without exposing the key?

Since they also supposedly can't search their storage for pirated material at their (mega's) end, the ability to post private links to material stored there to the world would make it theoretically impossible to hunt down illegal uploads for the owner of copyright content without finding the links in the wild. What I don't understand at the moment is how everyone has access to these files except Mega, seems contradicted by the question I pose above.

I'll have to read into it further when I get chance.

 

a key is within the link, I assume its not the one used to encrypt everything in your account - just a per file basis.

But I do not pretend to be a crypto expert.

 

Makes sense, I assume the key for per file link postage is created on the fly at the users end then. I've never looked into cryptography in any detail myself ether, will be interesting to see what the lawyers make of this when the service expands.

 

Yes, its all done at the users end. If you forget your password - you cant even reset it. Once its gone its gone - MEGA do not have it, if they reset your password you would lose your files as thats used in the generation of the encryption key thats encrypted your files.

Its clever in theory, however there is a lot of talk about the implementation being done wrong.

I am sure we will see improvements.

 

You're not wrong, looks pretty botched at the moment:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/cracking-tool-milks-weakness-to-reveal-some-mega-passwords/

Definitely an ass covering exercise presently it seems...

 

did anyone manage to upload a thing? i keep trying but it's always there "pending"