On Tuesday 24 July 2018 22:35:17 Matthew Crews wrote: > On 7/24/18 7:17 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2018, at 2:41 PM, Matthew Crews <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Personally, I have a low degree of trust for Mega.nz, so caveat > >> emptor. > > > > Why do you say that? (serious question!) Have there been reports > > of problems? > > > > Enjoy! > > Rick > > A few reasons: > > 1. Kim Dotcom vs the United States. There is a strong chance Mr. > Dotcom will be extradited to the United States (due to Megaupload and > other criminal accusations), and will leave Mega without functional > leadership. > That, from what I've read in the last 3 or 4 days, is essentially a done deal. It was said he's been "detained", presumably so our people can pick him up in the middle of the night when they can arrange the flight.
> 2. In light of Megaupload being shut down, there's no guarantee that > Mega won't have the same fate at some point, considering the services > are basically identical. > > 3. Their server software is not auditable. Even though the client-side > and API are public, unless the server side is auditable, you cannot > effectively trust it any better than Google Drive or Dropbox. Of > course, few storage providers are, and even if they are, you should be > using client-side encryption that you control, anyway. > > 4. There's always been something shady about Mega that I can't put my > finger on. Yeah, I looked at the site once 3 years or so back, and found its thirst for personal info plumb scary. Haven't looked since. > Granted, these aren't the strongest reasons, but for me they are > strong enough. Maybe I'm wrong though? Those chances are pretty slim IMO. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
