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vcdupper | 135 points | Mar 31 2017 02:37:30

[META] Suggestions On How To Keep Our Links Alive...... & GO! | Megalinks MegaDB [META] Suggestions On How To Keep Our Links Alive...... & GO!

I know something needs to be done, I had a talk with West_Garden about the situation & how a lot of you feel the rules need to change, so here's your chance:
Please let me know about any ideas or methods that we can look at & determine what would be the best action to adopt here to help ward off the mega bots.

And you guys thought I didn't listen.........

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[-] imready4dessert | 45 points | Mar 31 2017 06:44:55

i'm for all kinds of obfuscation as long as:

u/douhaveanygreypoupon goes the extra mile using encryption AND steganography AND a password. i've never experienced a dead link with this method. thats a method thats tried and true and whats best for u/douhaveanygreypoupon. might not be for everybody but the results speak for themselves.

others might have different ways of going about that. i recall some posters converting links and keys into hex, base 64, or something else. that worked too.

some posters hide in plain sight by posting the link and key but add extra characters to it with the directions on how to find and delete said extra characters. e.g. !EcX | Megalinks MegaDB Xo8Hd2 | Megalinks MegaDB 2G8nN | Megalinks MegaDB N (delete bold characters)
that worked as well but i cannot attest to the mortality rate of those links. maybe somebody else can chime in on that.

some posters chose to obfuscate the title of the post itself by using antonyms of certain words in the title. e.g. "die hard" would be posted as "live easy". i'm not sure how well that method works on reddit. i know it worked on usenet for a while. but then nzb indexing sites would just curate it and then give it the proper title and then poof DMCA removed. :/

another point about obfuscation in titles, 13375|>34|<, pig latin, whatever you want to use, its all pointless without at least obfuscating your link in some way since the bots are crawling more than just the titles of your posts.

and as others have suggested, keeplinks is another option as well.

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[-] SourceDetective | 9 points | Mar 31 2017 16:11:35

I do the bold character thing and it's worked so far. I've limited my uploads to Dragon Ball Super for now though and i made a big Evangelion post, so keep that in mind since it may not be top priority targets.

I do full remuxes of a lot of movies myself but haven't uploaded any because of the risk of getting taken down. They're pretty big files, 30gb, 40gb, 50gb, and on.. May try with one or two soon to check if this method works.

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[-] Aj-Mega | 5 points | Apr 10 2017 12:46:04

try this free service https://www.base64decode.org/ mac, windows, linux, android | Megalinks MegaDB mac, windows, linux, android

you paste a mega link and it encrypts it.. and the user just paste that encrypted text back into it and it decrypts and give you the mega link, There is already a few users using it and there links are still up!

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[-] ledessert | 3 points | Apr 02 2017 21:21:57

I just discovered the steganography method and it's neat ! With megadownloader it's perfect

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[-] megaHEVCpr0n | 2 points | Apr 09 2017 11:26:57

I would like to point out that obfuscating the decryption key is potentially going to be less effective in the future than obfuscating the file/folder link. The structure of the links is like so:

https://mega.nz/#F!<uniqueID>!<decryptionKey>

If Mega ever gets to the point of sucking the dicks of content owners so much that they don't even require them to provide the decryption key part of the link anymore, then a whole lot of publicly shared links are going to disappear if uploaders don't bother obfuscating the actually important part of their links.

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[-] dontlookatme216 | 27 points | Mar 31 2017 02:54:32

how about using keeplinks user imranr11 used it before and his links still work. for example he uploaded everybody hates chris but not long after that it was taken down then he reuploaded it using keeplinks and the link still works

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[-] Aj-Mega | 14 points | Apr 02 2017 14:20:05

Or maybe adding capcha into Reddit, you would have to complete the capcha to get the link.. or basically any capcha service... Most bots aren't smart enough to bypass captchas.

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[-] dontlookatme216 | 4 points | Apr 02 2017 15:55:54

agreed

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[-] gaythor | 8 points | Apr 02 2017 14:54:47

i don't think people should profit off illegal content. that actually makes it criminal. so something like keeplinks is not a good idea.

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[-] Aj-Mega | 8 points | Apr 02 2017 18:34:41

  • Miscommunication. For me, I never implied using a pay-per click-service. I referred to a capcha/re-capcha service. That does a browser check if it is a "human" user or a bot.

  • Secondly....Keeplinks monetary function can be disabled... Any paste link service can work.

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[-] dontlookatme216 | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 15:55:13

my main concern is to keep links alive so if there are any alternatives then it's ok with me

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[-] gaythor | 5 points | Apr 02 2017 20:11:39

I know, I'm just saying lots of those link protection sites have spam/ are ad crazed. A pastebin would be a good idea though.

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[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 1 points | May 13 2017 16:32:30

using keeplinks is not a guarantee that links won't be taken down. there are plenty of links that were posted using keeplinks that were taken down. the only thing keeplinks does is monetize links so people can make money off of it, and make people click on ads.

I know there are a lot of people who really want to use keeplinks so they can make money off of the subreddit, but it doesn't do much to protect the links, there are other methods that work that don't involve 3rd party websites and ads, and once you allow monetizing the subreddit that's all it will be: links to 3rd party websites serving ads and malware.

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[-] mistercam | 25 points | Mar 31 2017 15:00:03

The only thing I'm personally against is the use of MegaDownloader+Stenography. I know it works great, but as a Mac user, I do not want to install Fusion or Parallels just to use it.

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[-] starbuck93 | 8 points | Mar 31 2017 15:14:48

Yeah that sounds terrible.

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[-] gaythor | 4 points | Apr 02 2017 20:15:36

Megadownloader is so slow too, the lack of pause or multi downloads. At least the ported mac version is lacking a lot of what jdownloader offers.

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[-] Apocalypse_Gladiator | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 21:57:37

Yup, or at least to offer the option to download from Mega with MegaSync. I know i'm not entitled to anything and its up each uploader whether to do that, but it'd be nice since not all use Mega Downloader.

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[-] Valar_Morghulis7 | 3 points | Apr 01 2017 02:02:24

Mipony works good for mac, no restrictions

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[-] gaythor | 3 points | Apr 02 2017 14:45:58

AGREE!! I think just giving directions on how to paste the link together is good enough... The Stenography is a mile of over protection. You're not James Bond.... No one cares that much

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[-] 0x99CCFF | 3 points | Apr 08 2017 07:35:57

this shit again... you can run megadownloader in wine......

for fucks sake..

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[-] denvit | 2 points | Apr 01 2017 20:55:00

I'm working on a port of the stenography method of MegaDownloader, at the moment I've only been able to implement the link decryption. You can find my project here (works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS, it decrypts any MegaDownloader link)

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[-] funtooos | 2 points | Apr 09 2017 08:06:03

Thanks for this man. Really appreciating!... but how to retrieve links from image.

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[-] denvit | 2 points | Apr 09 2017 08:20:54

At the moment is not possible unfortunately

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 1 points | Apr 01 2017 21:02:29

So...this going to be another app that circumvents the protection being used, right?

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[-] denvit | 6 points | Apr 01 2017 21:05:37

Yes, because not all of us use Windows...

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 0 points | Apr 01 2017 21:17:48

And for that reason you're willing to sacrifice the one real method of link protection we have even though it's used in a minority of cases?

pretty sure I argued this point before - if uploaders wanted their links visible, they would make them visible. If they're hidden then it's for a reason.

You're working backwards. Instead of removing the protections this place needs | Megalinks MegaDB needs to stay alive, why not create something that we can use to encrypt for linux/mac?

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[-] denvit | 4 points | Apr 01 2017 21:40:40

MegaDownloader is available to everyone, and everyone can reverse engineer the software: the whole encryption / disguising is only to avoid bots that take down the content based on the link.

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 4 points | Apr 01 2017 22:15:53

MegaDownloader is available to everyone, and everyone can reverse engineer the software:

How many people are reverse engineering it? Better yet, how many of them are on this sub actively attempting it?

the whole encryption / disguising is only to avoid bots that take down the content based on the link.

The steganography method is to stop anyone from being able to see the link. If you honestly don't see any problem with trying to undo that then I really don't know what to tell you.

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. Maybe one day we'll get some people interested in helping our sub instead of the opposite. Good luck.

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[-] denvit | 3 points | Apr 01 2017 22:56:11

MegaDownloader is available to everyone, and everyone can reverse engineer the software

By this I meant that if it's possible to anyone, then the same people that take down the links can do it

Better yet, how many of them are on this sub actively attempting it?

Some people, me included, were pissed off by the fact that MegaDownloader is only available on Windows and that the super-secret-hidden link cannot be retrieved to start the download via megadl on linux / Mac OS.
Personally I use a linux server to download contents from this subreddit, and if the link is hidden and only downloadable via MegaDownloader, then for me that content is unavailable.
The same feeling is shared among other users that do not have a Windows VM / do not want to set it up to download from Mega

The steganography method is to stop anyone from being able to see the link.

I really don't see the problem on why the link has to be completely hidden: I'm pretty sure you can retrieve it by setting up a mitm proxy (which is far more easier than reverse engineering a Windows software, trust me).

And I'll repeat myself: if I was able to do it, do you really think that the ones that take down the links cannot pay someone to do it?

If you really want to "hide the links", then you don't have to publish them, anywhere.

I love your content, and if I created that tool is because I genuinely want to help this sub, not the contrary! If you really care about hiding the links, maybe we should put up a service to view the links only when authenticated, this way you can see who saw the link and after a few times you see the content going down you can ban the user

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 7 points | Apr 02 2017 01:03:55

By this I meant that if it's possible to anyone, then the same people that take down the links can do it

So let them do it for themselves, why create a tool they can use against us?

Some people, me included, were pissed off by the fact that MegaDownloader is only available on Windows and that the super-secret-hidden link cannot be retrieved to start the download via megadl on linux / Mac OS. Personally I use a linux server to download contents from this subreddit, and if the link is hidden and only downloadable via MegaDownloader, then for me that content is unavailable.

I can't help the fact it's not cross platform and would rather have a universal tool that everyone can use but this is all we've got. If something I posted on this sub is encrypted only then it was deemed to be a high risk takedown target, so while it may be "unavailable" for linux/mac users, posting it normally could make it unavailable for everyone | Megalinks MegaDB everyone. I've said previously that in regards to the encrypted only content that was posted the options were encrypted links only or not posted at all. No way I'm upping 500 gigs for it to be taken down in 4 hours. Everything else gets both a public & encrypted link which not many other people do.

I really don't see the problem on why the link has to be completely hidden: I'm pretty sure you can retrieve it by setting up a mitm proxy (which is far more easier than reverse engineering a Windows software, trust me). And I'll repeat myself: if I was able to do it, do you really think that the ones that take down the links cannot pay someone to do it?

Because the link is the weak point and the less visible it is the better. You keep saying that the dmca trolls can pay someone to do it - yes, they can. but you are | Megalinks MegaDB are doing it. It's not inevitable - you're the one making it happen

If you really want to "hide the links", then you don't have to publish them, anywhere.

You're right, and this is the next logical step because there won't be any reliable protection methods left to use. I post here voluntarily like everyone else and do it based on the assumption that my time isn't being completely wasted. This isn't a "more content for all" scenario, the end result is less content for everyone.

I love your content, and if I created that tool is because I genuinely want to help this sub, not the contrary! If you really care about hiding the links, maybe we should put up a service to view the links only when authenticated, this way you can see who saw the link and after a few times you see the content going down you can ban the user

Anything that removes link security and ignores the wishes of the content uploader isn't helpful. It's a big entitled "fuck you" to them.

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[-] denvit | 4 points | Apr 02 2017 01:24:09

The question here is: do you upload for everyone or just for the Windows users?
IMHO this whole encryption thing is only a way to overcomplicate things: if legit users can see / download the content, then they can retrieve the link in a way or another (I'm 99.9% sure that a MITM proxy will show the link, in cleartext). Therefore this encryption method is only useful to avoid the link in cleartext directly here on reddit, but it only slows down everything and adds a software / OS dependency that is not needed.

Look, the fact that I've developed that tool is just to allow everyone to decrypt the encrypted links, without needing to use Windows.

Keep in mind that there is absolutely no way to make the link public, even if encrypted in some form, and expect that the end user (which can be legit or DMCA) won't be able to easily see the real link: if he can get the content, then it can have the link.

Btw, I know uploaders that only disguised the link (with mega's IP or with a "replaceme" word), that still have their content up: the DMCA bots only look for the "mega.nz" link, nothing more.

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[-] Apocalypse_Gladiator | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 03:29:46

Thank you for working on that tool. I see his point and he raises some valid arguments, but i lean more towards your side. And as someone who even has Windows but doesn't use Mega Downloader i appreciate your work. I don't like being forced to one option.

At the end of the day each uploader does their own method and i respect that.

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 1 points | Apr 02 2017 09:56:51

My uploads are for everyone and there were only a very few select cases where it was otherwise, these being where the risk was either too high to warrant a public upload or the file size too big. It's not a lololol fuck mac and linux users pc master race 4eva situation.

Therefore this encryption method is only useful to avoid the link in cleartext directly here on reddit, but it only slows down everything and adds a software / OS dependency that is not needed. Look, the fact that I've developed that tool is just to allow everyone to decrypt the encrypted links, without needing to use Windows.

No, it's useful to keep the links hidden as I keep saying time and time again. The decryption is the problem. Windows users don't get to see the link either, it just gets decrypted internally and downloaded. If your tool was something that enabled megatools to internally decrypt & download the link then I wouldn't care. Allowing the link to become visible is my issue. If you're able to see the plaintext link with a decrypter I might as well just post the plain link in the first place (which is usually the case). You pulled this same crap with megadecrypter which is what stopped me using enc2 links except this time there isn't another option to move to.

Keep in mind that there is absolutely no way to make the link public, even if encrypted in some form, and expect that the end user (which can be legit or DMCA) won't be able to easily see the real link: if he can get the content, then it can have the link.

If the link is easily available to view then why do you feel the need to make a tool to do it? Steganography is working to our advantage, just because a minority of users can't use it you feel justified to completely cripple it? Repeating what I said earlier - stop working backwards. Stop removing the protections we need and give us something that isn't destructive.

Btw, I know uploaders that only disguised the link (with mega's IP or with a "replaceme" word), that still have their content up: the DMCA bots only look for the "mega.nz" link, nothing more.

There are actual people monitoring this sub and not just bots. These same people wringing their hands at the thought of you making their job a hell of a lot easier for the second time. Maybe you'll get offered a job at LeakID if you aren't already contracted there.

Please get rid of this idea that what you're doing is good. it's not. what you do is harmful. You'll see this once june comes around and everyone is trying in vain to grab game of thrones.

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[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 2 points | May 13 2017 16:36:02

I don't use megadownloader simply because I don't trust it. No one has been able to prove or demonstrate that it is a safe piece of software, so it shouldn't be required to use it.

We shouldn't have to use 3rd party websites and software when there are safer, simpler methods that already work. And there are.

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 1 points | May 13 2017 18:33:02

MegaDownloader has been around since 2013 (with source code to boot), if there was something unsafe about it wouldn't we have heard by now?

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[-] BloodHawkDarkWolf | 1 points | May 13 2017 22:59:29

That's a pretty fast response time.

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[-] [deleted] | 15 points | Apr 12 2017 10:46:43

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[-] starbuck93 | 5 points | Apr 13 2017 01:02:57

Woahhhh... /u/vcdupper would this violate rule 1?

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[-] vcdupper | 4 points | Apr 13 2017 02:16:46

I could live with this, let me talk to the other mods, good work.

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[-] docholoday | 2 points | May 15 2017 13:47:40

The concept, sure. Not sure about that specific site. We seem to have already killed it. Encrypting the link, in general, seems like a pretty good option. Shortening it, with a service that tracks the links however, ummm, I dunno.

EDIT: And I'm retarded... Didn't realize the conversation was a month old. Commenting before morning coffee is never a good idea.

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[-] Sweet-J-Star | 1 points | May 13 2017 11:59:32

Are we currently allowed to use this?

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[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 0 points | May 13 2017 12:08:18

It's not officially allowed but there's an increase in others using link protectors and not having their posts removed for breaking the rules.

The problem with MegaProtector is once the website hits a certain amount of traffic/usage it goes offline, so you should keep a copy both bit.ly address just in case.

No harm in giving it a test run (I don't know of anyone who has tried it so far), it's the favorable option so far.

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[-] Sweet-J-Star | 1 points | May 13 2017 12:10:56

A link I submitted keeps getting taken down, so maybe this will help.

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[-] RandomAccount029834 | 3 points | Apr 16 2017 13:25:53

This is great. Superb job!

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[-] Sweet-J-Star | 2 points | May 15 2017 01:43:25

The website seems to be down now...

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[-] docholoday | 2 points | May 15 2017 13:44:35

Yeah, looks like we killed it. Not really instilling confidence that it would be a long term solution.

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[-] Sweet-J-Star | 1 points | May 15 2017 13:58:15

Fuck

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[-] I3xTr3m3iNG | 1 points | May 15 2017 18:37:01

Yeah, seems the website is down/killed it.

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[-] n0197exe | 12 points | Mar 31 2017 15:40:58

We should change the way they are published, but this depends on how we are going to download the links, eg if we download directly from the browser, by megadownloader, mipony, IDM or another program. I know that megadownloader does not work on mac,

My way | Megalinks MegaDB My way

Since a month ago, in almost all my post I have been using the mega.nz ip in this way

"Https://31.216.148.12/#F!trYElQAA!0becm2oqKU_GkDa2EyKvig"

The only thing to do is to change the "https" to "http"

This has worked for me in almost 90% so to speak, because some links are down. | Megalinks MegaDB some links are down.

The case is what you are going to do "download" or "import" | Megalinks MegaDB The case is what you are going to do "download" or "import"

The only way to import is to obtain the direct link or to be shared between mega accounts. Sharing the direct link causes the links to be down faster.

There are ways to download without needing to have the direct link.

example:

The encrypted image and the encrypted link of megadownloader is a good idea, those using mac could not download with this. | Megalinks MegaDB those using mac could not download with this.

Mipony: I do not know how it does, but change the links this way.

Original link https://mega.nz/#F!trYElQAA!0becm2oqKU_GkDa2EyKvig

Mipony link https://mega.nz/#N!Yv4GnA6Y!YVrY_0AfVMJ9hRfy1ekIkci15lwkAPXxes9vk43Fz3U=###n=trYElQAA

Is the same file but the mipony link only works for that program.

What he said /u/dontlookatme216 about using keeplinks seems fine, we could put the link with ip.

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[-] TheGoodSheep | 2 points | Apr 15 2017 18:30:11

I love your posts, because everytime I want to d/l something from you a.) I won't have to do 20 steps and b.) they are always online. Good job! :)

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Apr 06 2017 22:33:45

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[-] n0197exe | 2 points | Apr 06 2017 23:04:58

Dangerous? Anyone can search the ip of any site on the internet, even with the normal url address can find the requests.

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[-] sirin3 | 10 points | Mar 31 2017 22:05:08

Make a private subreddit, /r/megapasswords and then post the link here and the password there

Or make a password bot. It stores all the passwords, and you only get it, if you PM the bot.

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[-] nuvpr | 3 points | Apr 01 2017 16:36:20

That's actually a pretty good idea, albeit a bit difficult to carry out.

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[-] dmitridelavega | 9 points | Mar 31 2017 05:52:23

Keeplinks is a good idea PcGames.net does that too

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[-] Hadam10Rose | 6 points | Mar 31 2017 06:58:02

maybe post things coyly, Like instead of 'Big Bang Theory' Nerd Comedy. Or people post links to a file with the links in them.

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[-] halolordkiller3 | 6 points | Mar 31 2017 14:30:08

Again I can purchase a few unlimited google drive accounts and do backups there

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[-] starbuck93 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 15:15:49

While I do this, the only thing is downloading and reuploading everything, which sucks a little bit.

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[-] halolordkiller3 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 15:58:59

Not if you use google cloud compute ;)

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[-] starbuck93 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 16:25:11

Oooo I didn't think of that... So you have a little VPS through Google and then google drive is really fast, right? what are the specs of the one you're running?

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[-] halolordkiller3 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 16:27:15

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/60hfki/if_you_need_to_transfer_from_amazon_to_google_use/?st=J0Y1KEW6&sh=7ad85726

Bare minimum. Also if you do rclone to transfer 30 at a time you can get up to 450MBps yes MB not Mb

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[-] starbuck93 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 16:41:23

That's legit. I'm going to look into that more to see if I need it! lol

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[-] gaythor | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 15:00:33

Google has unlimited accounts? Since when?

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[-] bestem | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 18:33:45

Most school accounts are unlimited. People sell them on ebay.

Also, if you have your own domain, with Google Suites you can get unlimited storage for $10 a month. All the documentation says that it's capped unless you have more than 5 users, but in practice it isn't.

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[-] jaggedcliffkeep | 2 points | Apr 05 2017 04:55:07

If there is ANYTHING you should keep a backup of, its Game of Thrones seasons 1-6, among a few other key shows. Im always stressing about losing the copy of the series that I have currently.

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[-] lawpetex | 6 points | Apr 02 2017 08:58:02

Encryption of the files themselves e.g. 7z with password. Takedowns partly happen on the MEGA side where they match the hashes to previous DMCA complaints. Encryption will change the hash of the same file and is perfectly undetectable.

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[-] TheNoah | 2 points | May 18 2017 01:35:38

maybe just change the hashes of the files. Make it harder for them to match it.

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[-] lawpetex | 1 points | May 19 2017 00:56:50

Now that i think about it i don't think that matters. Mega added encryption (after megaupload) specifically to evade this liability. Same files uploaded to different accounts will be different by default.

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[-] Flinginsalt | 6 points | Apr 16 2017 14:24:38

i NEED wild wild west

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[-] vcdupper | 3 points | Apr 16 2017 15:24:21

Ummmmmm what

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[-] bobsagetfullhouse | 2 points | Apr 23 2017 14:27:36

Good point.

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[-] ipaqmaster | 6 points | May 04 2017 03:45:50

Create Torrent's which utilize a peering system instead of uploading content to a website with ToS against said content, where it will most obviously get taken down.

The truest answer. They aren't going to last forever and popular megalinks are gonna get checked.


Really though, obfuscation is the only way around it.

Eg, Uploading in parts (Inconvenient but they cant take everything down at once and you can re-upload parts)

Setting up a pm-reply-bot or DIY: People have to PM your reddit account for the password, this will prevent automated takedown processes

Encrypt the data in an archive, although they may still take these down

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[-] Rutujsg | 5 points | May 16 2017 04:45:29

  1. Restrict the sub to Reddit Age 3 month+ or x number of karma
  2. Is there a way to stop this sub from popping up in Google Search Results?
  3. A captcha based website to hide the link from bots.
  4. Does adding the spoiler tag stop bots from reading them?
  5. Use goo.gl to shorten URLs. Since the URL is short enough to be typed, post a screenshot of the image.
  6. Stenography

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[-] starbuck93 | 4 points | Mar 31 2017 13:52:33

I like the idea of a private group, but I know how hard it would be to get started and keep alive.

I've tried doing the hex/base64 thing in the past, and it worked AFAIK. but none of my links have been taken down in the past month or two even with little obfuscation.

That said, I'm okay with using a service like keeplinks. I mean, hell, we could even host our own little link-hiding service if we wanted to.

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[-] yourmothersboytoy | 4 points | Apr 01 2017 19:25:10

i keep seeing people recommend sites like keeplinks but these link protectors/shortners offer people money for every view they get, so the way i see that going is people racing to upload the newest popular show at the time, the walking dead and etc etc, to try and get the most views while we will see less of the good content we have now as people will just start uploading whatever is popular at the time. also i really like this sub for the fact that i dont have to veiw ads and pop ups like on pahe.in and such websites. also this is just my opinion so plz no hate :)

so yeah.. thats my 2 cents i guess

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[-] starbuck93 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 18:05:47

~~What if a few of us transferred the files to each other via SCP or SFTP before we post the link publicly?~~ Or just messaged the meaglink to certain people to download it before it goes public? So the efforts of re-uploading could be spread out a little bit

edit: I don't like the SCP idea as much anymore. It would be a lot of work to set up properly.

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[-] hickay69 | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 19:49:01

Ideas:

Decentralize everything.

Have a trusted members section.

A link unscrambler program?

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[-] -TheBabadook | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 22:28:34

Do we know what the problem is (or what specifically is more common)? Is it a bot that deletes or a human that reports them?

If it's a bot, could you just post a a document (say from Google Docs) that has the info on there. And then copy/paste from there? And the bot can't decipher something like that?

(Apologies if I'm a noob idiot)

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[-] extremebs | 3 points | Apr 01 2017 06:24:58

Zip the file and then MiniRAR it again (If it's over 2GBs), after that rename it to something that is cryptic

Here are some examples from my past posts:

Portal 1 (2007) = (2)P(0)T(0)1(7)

Undertale (GOG) = G(U)O(T)G

Lego Batman: The Videogame = (L)L(E)BM-TV(G)G(O)

Then when I post on this sub I put Link in the text box & the Key in the comments, my method has worked for over a year now without any takedowns.

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[-] ruralcricket | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 00:04:13

Hard to find things that were posted some time ago unless we all learn the code.

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[-] extremebs | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 00:18:44

Code? I name the file on mega cryptic & post on sub with regular name.

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[-] ruralcricket | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 01:48:26

Sorry, thought you were suggesting the other way round.

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[-] Fordezman | 3 points | Apr 02 2017 06:11:55

maybe .zip or .rar them and name them something else on mega.nz? might act as a deterrent. does anyone know how they scan for them?

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[-] Silverbackus | 3 points | Apr 02 2017 18:54:52

How about password protecting links and then giving the password as say a simple math trick that requires dual attempts, a simple "It's a number between 222 - 225 gives 3 possible outcomes that would take seconds to input but a bot wouldn't be able to do.

https://thinfi.com/

I found that site in a quick google.

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[-] FunkeDope | 3 points | Apr 21 2017 15:46:10

just rar your links with a random name and set a password. post the password in the description.

this beats hash checks, bots, and even lazy human.

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[-] vcdupper | 2 points | Apr 21 2017 15:46:35

Did that for a while, didn't help

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[-] Hadam10Rose | 3 points | Apr 24 2017 06:52:19

Maybe,

Upload it to one account, share it, only with another account. Once it's in account #2, remove link from OG upload in account 1. Then if it's taken down, it's still in account 1.

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[-] eightballthrowaway | 2 points | Mar 31 2017 03:25:07

Uploaders can make backups of everything on their mega drives. I do it with movies but not usually huge files. It won't make the links last longer but it will mean they can be easily replaceable. If you have unlimited internet it's a little easier lol. Aside from that, don't have any other ideas ...

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[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Mar 31 2017 04:34:41

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[-] eightballthrowaway | 2 points | Mar 31 2017 04:45:02

yes thats what i mean. I reupload my stuff several times when I can.

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[-] franklyfrank123 | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 20:57:42

Could use an online stenography service.

Here's one that came up on google: https://futureboy.us/stegano/decinput.html

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[-] marcoHK | 2 points | Apr 03 2017 14:25:33

Why not only post the last stuff of teh url #!wxzy7 as a splitted two-part-string into text. Problem is if humans are browsing here all obfuscation has no chance.

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[-] Drekk0 | 2 points | May 01 2017 23:23:23

Are these links still alive or am I just not doing it correctly

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[-] vcdupper | 2 points | May 01 2017 23:28:47

What links?

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[-] Drekk0 | 1 points | May 01 2017 23:33:52

https://www.reddit.com/r/megalinks/comments/5y6gqr/games_zelda_breath_of_the_wild_wii/

What are those .nz/#!2YYnwSjB ? I new to this Cemu emulator stuff. I am trying to find a breath of the wild iso for it

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[-] vcdupper | 6 points | May 01 2017 23:35:15

Unsure How To Download? <------CLICK HERE!!!

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[-] Drekk0 | 1 points | May 02 2017 01:10:07

Thanks heaps, looks like the europe version isnt working but the US one is I am downloading it

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[-] Drekk0 | 1 points | May 02 2017 05:04:34

man i got to like 50% and it said quota is finished have to pay and sign up for the rest...

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[-] SourceDetective | 1 points | May 02 2017 08:19:07

Use megadownloader.

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[-] Drekk0 | 1 points | May 02 2017 08:37:05

Thanks again for your help I installed megadownloader and downloading it again hopefully it goes to 100% :)

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[-] SourceDetective | 2 points | May 02 2017 18:32:04

I'm not /u/vcdupper but i'm glad to help haha.

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[-] vcdupper | 2 points | May 02 2017 18:32:48

[-] KHymatim | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 05:24:23

Private group?

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[-] sirin3 | 1 points | Apr 03 2017 20:18:19

Pirate group!

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[-] traal | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 22:35:15

Don't post stuff that can easily be purchased through legitimate channels for a reasonable price. I'm just here for the rare stuff.

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[-] gaythor | 2 points | Apr 02 2017 15:03:17

I kinda agree. People love to downvote here. I never pay over 10$ for a movie. Between code trading, and Disney Movie Anywhere. It's much less of a hassle to own than waste space on my computer or rent cloud storage.

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[-] Fredex8 | 2 points | Apr 24 2017 01:37:18

Whilst I agree in regards to Netflix originals it isn't quite as simple as that though due to geographic restrictions. In the US you can get GOT easily through HBO's on demand service but in the UK Sky own the license and their streaming service is terrible. It's also broadcast a day later than the US and I've genuinely seen BBC news articles which were nothing but spoilers before the episode had even broadcast here. If I hadn't downloaded it and watched it at 3am it would have been ruined. From what I've heard Australia is even worse.

Since NF blocked my VPN there's loads of content which I can't find on any on demand service so downloading or streaming it for free is the only option. There's also content I download through here which NF does have a UK license for but they don't upload it until long after the full series has broadcast on a TV channel I've never even heard of. I don't watch TV but I know my ISP have a far more exhaustive on demand section on the TV than they do online. If it's content I could go and watch on the TV in the living room at any time then I don't see it as stealing to go find some dodgy stream instead.

I think it's important that sources like this continue to upload everything they can because it puts pressure on the broadcasters, content creators and legit streaming services to actually make that content available to everyone without jumping through hoops, paying through the nose and tolerating poor quality. Even with all the attempts to crack down on piracy over the years I'm sure the thing that has made the biggest difference is Netflix and similar streaming sites. I think most people are happy to pay for content... provided it is easy to do so.

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[-] street0721 | 1 points | Apr 02 2017 04:35:35

its a good idea, but nothing last permanently

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[-] gaythor | 1 points | Apr 02 2017 21:29:29

We could use something like cryptobin.co, have a required universal password we all use, something random and easy like mega, megalinks, ect...

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[-] mrpodo | 1 points | Apr 03 2017 01:18:54

encrypt the link code. Like This

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[-] sirber | 1 points | Apr 03 2017 20:31:20

something easy, rot13 the link and key!

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[-] dash101 | 1 points | Apr 06 2017 05:41:01

I've mentioned this a few times and others may find it ineffective or too extreme but what about a private network with invites periodically? A lot of users have mentioned obfuscation and I'm all for that as well as proper proceedure is respected (as described at the top).

Also, thank you for letting us chime in on this. We've had many discussions on this but I'm glad we can discuss it. Helps build our community.

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[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Apr 10 2017 14:48:20

Well I don't know if you guys have tried this before but why don't you just use something like ncrypt (dt) in? It gives full encription somehow, the links are fully invisible because you don't upload a link but a container instead. It's then downloaded using (for instance, this is what I do) MiPony. It works, I'd say, 99% of the time. I've downloaded things posted in 2014 using this method cause links are literaly invisible.

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[-] Schwaggaccino | 1 points | Apr 11 2017 21:51:19

I know we use already use link encryption but how about password protect the archive as well?

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[-] hahayeahthatscool | 1 points | Apr 25 2017 18:22:57

people are using a method where they tell us to replace a bold letter with a correct letter to get a working link

if there was a way to automate this and randomize what letter is to be replaced I think bots will have a very hard time taking down those links

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[-] jontelang | 1 points | May 09 2017 16:08:34

If targeted directly to this website it'd be easy, the links seems very unique so replacing a single letter likely still only have a handful of matches. Create a list of all that matches with "1" deviation. Check thread title against filename, etc.

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[-] edge05 | 1 points | May 13 2017 04:29:35

is mega.nz a paid only site?

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[-] vcdupper | 2 points | May 13 2017 12:40:57

[-] AB6Daf | 1 points | May 14 2017 20:36:34

Zip it. RAR the zip with a password. Use a simple online encryption tool to encrypt the url/password. Put the link to decryptor so users can decrypt all file passwords/link.

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[-] Mr_Mountain | 1 points | May 14 2017 23:38:36

I think that we shouldn't name posts anymore with obvious names. There should be one weekly stickied post that lists the names of what has been uploaded. There should be no notice when an item gets added to the list. In order to find the post someone could copy and paste the title from the stickied post, encrypt it with base64, and search for it on reddit search with that base64 encrypted string. All posts will have their exact titles in base64 and posters will have to notify a mod for edits to the stickied post.

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[-] electricarrows0 | 1 points | May 16 2017 01:04:28

i'm thinking people are going a extra step and are reading it themselves either that or markmonitor the copyright protection company scans it for valid size keys and then sends dmca takedown notices based on the url and all that

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[-] electricarrows0 | 1 points | May 16 2017 01:16:18

put mega links in images since it's even harder for bots to detect or even a video thinks i remember reading it's hard for bots to read words in images

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[-] hirimendi | 1 points | May 16 2017 20:37:25

iepa!

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[-] StillLoveCDs | -1 points | Mar 31 2017 06:02:17

links to members only?

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