Why use Mega if you are going to share a link with the key on Reddit?

[-] Matthis | 9 points | Jan 20 2013 10:15:12

The point is that mega is able to say that they don't know anything about illegal data because it was encrypted

[-] CanadianSpy | 1 points | Jan 23 2013 06:50:18

Isnt that just shifting the blame from mega to reddit?

[-] Matthis | 1 points | Jan 23 2013 13:53:47

Well not only reddit and i am sure reddit has a Paragraph in the terms oft use which protect it. Basicly reddit has a disclaimer that sayssays they aren't resbonsible for anything in the links.

[-] Cuzit | 4 points | Jan 20 2013 05:14:49

If the sharing community stays small enough and your account contains little personally-identifying information, what's the problem? It makes it somewhat easier, I suppose, to build "walled-garden" communities that attempt to keep out anyone that wants in to fuck it over for everyone else.

Also, I was under the impression that the slowness was a result of Mega being overloaded with traffic currently. I suspect it won't be this slow forever.

[-] flut1 | 2 points | Jan 20 2013 07:52:29

I don't really think there is a problem with sharing mega links in any community, but the idea that encryption will give you extra security when sharing in a public community like Reddit is false.

[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Jan 20 2013 16:18:58

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[-] flut1 | 4 points | Jan 20 2013 16:42:00

There is no security risk (except when you're taking copyrighted boobs), but there is also no security gain from the encryption.

[-] ToWorkOrMinecraft | 7 points | Jan 21 2013 08:09:50

Copyrighted boobs are the best kind of boobs.

[-] 3rt41 | 0 points | Jan 23 2013 13:41:29

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[-] Raekon | -5 points | Jan 20 2013 00:07:51

except for the part that nobody can ask and get the content removed from the site because it's encrypted.

[-] flut1 | 6 points | Jan 20 2013 00:17:19

It's not really encrypted if you have the key, right? They can still do the same removal request along with the key to read the data. Knowing Megaupload and reading their terms, they will probably comply with such requests.

[-] anon66666 | 6 points | Jan 20 2013 01:27:45

Yup, well in that situation it leaves it up to the uploaders to figure out an elaborate way to share the keys without the riaa/mpaa finding out.

[-] jcorral88 | 5 points | Jan 20 2013 01:42:01

therein lies the problem

[-] redshield3 | 2 points | Jan 20 2013 07:36:48

sneakernet?

[-] anon66666 | 1 points | Jan 20 2013 18:42:29

yup, very true lol.

At the end of the day it is cat and mouse game.

[-] flut1 | 5 points | Jan 20 2013 07:47:04

But if you have such a way, why encrypt?

[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Jan 20 2013 14:14:04

This guy

[-] anon66666 | 1 points | Jan 20 2013 18:41:24

It protects the hosters is my guess.

[-] [deleted] | 0 points | Jan 20 2013 03:53:28

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[-] flut1 | 3 points | Jan 20 2013 07:55:57

That is, if they do not have the key. So what you said does prevent them from crawling Mega itself. But they do have the key if you post the link here, right? Weren't they using the same method for MegaUpload, finding links to content and place a removal request based on that link?

[-] Tim-Sanchez | 2 points | Jan 20 2013 11:10:12

They could just lurk on this subreddit and other major sharing websites, and have all the keys given to them for no cost.

[-] Hifen | 2 points | Jan 20 2013 21:10:46

It simply so mega can say whey don't know what's there, it makes it hard to force them to take down content, and makes them less liable then before.

[-] [deleted] | -12 points | Jan 20 2013 00:37:58

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[-] [deleted] | 7 points | Jan 20 2013 01:56:31

LITERALLY HITLER