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Re: [Announce] Megareload alive and kicking - now even bitcoinier than ever!
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Jane Rand
on 29/08/2013, 04:42:53 UTC
I'll surely pass that on to the devs.
If I may ask, could you go into more details in regards to to "js crypto" < "applets" <"plugins"  thing ?
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[Announce] Megareload alive and kicking - now even bitcoinier than ever!
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Jane Rand
on 27/08/2013, 20:17:32 UTC
On behalf of the new Megareload and myself, I'd like to greet you once again, and shed a little bit of light on our current whereabouts and status.

Fortunately, we, as a service, have persevered – though there was a bit of turmoil which has somewhat slowed down our progress.

However, the service now has new management - who, despite having less resources than our dear founder, are perhaps even more enthusiastic regarding Bitcoin and user privacy.
Thus, we now intend to be a primarily-Bitcoin service, with all account operations (including our Uploader Incentive Program) being Bitcoin-centric.

Also, we intend to become the most privacy-conscious service currently in existence, with very explicit policies as to log retention. We also pledge to steer clear of PRISM-like deals – and any interactions that would lead us to violate our privacy policies.

Since we might, at some point, face pressures both legal and illegal that will try to pervert our mission and subvert us, we have decided to undertake what has become known as “Corporate Seppuku”.

To quote Cryptocloud (who were among the first to adopt this stance), “In the context of privacy issues, "corporate seppuku" means shutting down a company rather than agreeing to become an extension of the massive, ever-expanding, secretive global surveillance network organized by the U.S. National Security Agency. It means, in short, saying "no." Sometimes, we hear people say that this or that company "had no choice" in what they did. Bullshit. There's always a choice; it's just that the consequences of certain options might be really severe, and are thus not chosen. But that's a choice. It's always a choice.”

So, to recapitulate:

  • Megareload is alive
  • Megareload is under new management
  • The new management is even more enthusiastic about Bitcoin and privacy protection than the old management
  • Megareload’s new management has instituted Uploader Incentive Program that is Bitcoin-centric.
  • Megareload’s new management has decided to adopt “Corporate Seppuku” policy inspired by a similar Cryptocloud policy.
    This will ensure that as long as it exists, Megareload will remain among the most privacy-friendly, secure and conscientious file sharing services.

Yours  sincerely,
   Jane
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Re: Kim Dotcom Mansion: Press conference 2013-01-19 GMT
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Jane Rand
on 20/01/2013, 07:55:05 UTC

I would go so far as to say that at the end of the day, the model for the service that Mega is providing may rank up there in importance with Zimmerman's PGP work, and he Kim (and his minions) just may have the muscle, money, and smarts to make it stick.
 

Actually, a guy just recently linked this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5084261 in the reddit thread about us (or rather, he linked to his reddit thread with this link, but you get what I mean)...

...from the looks of it, Mega's encryption seems to provide far less data privacy assurance than people seem to think (and I kind of understand Kim here, Dropbox-like convergent encryption, and thus deduplication, saves a lot of money and pain, and who cares if it provides the means for preemptive screening of uploaded data and could potentially enable various shenanigans by third parties who already have file plaintexts and would like to know which accounts are involved with storing those files...)

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Re: Kim Dotcom Mansion: Press conference 2013-01-19 GMT
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Jane Rand
on 19/01/2013, 20:04:53 UTC

Now that is just unfair. Even without uploader rewards, it's still neato.

The more crypto-enhanced file hosting services there are, the merrier.

Wink
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Re: Kim Dotcom Mansion: Press conference 2013-01-19 GMT
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Jane Rand
on 19/01/2013, 19:45:09 UTC
Somehow I am a bit disappointed of Kim. After all his talk about getting rid of US dictated monopolies, like credit cards and Paypal, I at least would have expected SOME other option than that. Maybe direct bank wires or cash in mail or ANYTHING, but Paypal, Visa and Master all over again?

Well, I kind of like mega (But I love our own little baby more Wink ), but honestly, I don't understand why there's no bitcoin support right away. I mean, it's not like not supporting bitcoin would win Kim any favors from the nice gentlemen in the FBI...

Now, I am currently in the process of carefully reading the site, and as far as I can tell, there is no indication of anything that might resemble something like an uploader reward program a-la the great old Megaupload days. If that's true, it would be sorely disappointing...
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Re: Kim Dotcom Mansion: Press conference 2013-01-19 GMT
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Jane Rand
on 19/01/2013, 12:38:33 UTC

Dunno.
Loaded okay for me just now.

Probably just too many people eager to try it.
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 19/01/2013, 12:36:15 UTC
Don't work, iced required, i try to upload, but failured. ):

See PM
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 21:00:10 UTC
Check PM
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Re: I questioned the "Bitcoin dev team" (Andresen & Co.) on complying with AML laws.
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 20:12:30 UTC
Okay, I am new here, and I'm just a girl who once saw a guy code once, that's the limit of my expertise, but the idea that you could have government secretly take the project over and secretly push a bunch of outrageous changes seems preposterous.

Especially since some of the devs are likely not even in US.
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 18:06:43 UTC
Thanks  Grin
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 16:52:30 UTC
We do obey the laws of the countries we and our servers reside in Wink

We're very careful about what countries we reside in / host in / travel to, though.

This is how the fellows from piratebay thought as well.

Our methods are... fairly different.

Also, one of us is a lawyer Smiley

But, time will tell, time will tell...
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 16:37:51 UTC
your designer need to improve his skills jane

Aw, don't be cruel Smiley. The guy stuck with us through the hardest times. He's a team player, and he's fast.
Also, he does improve, trust me

encryption is nice, but servers are still at a central and (for authorities) known location, so how can a service like this be not taken down?

Well, that's a tough nut, but we do think we can more or less handle the heat. We do obey the laws of the countries we and our servers reside in Wink

We're very careful about what countries we reside in / host in / travel to, though.
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 14:13:21 UTC
Since in-browser encryption is a pretty new thing as far as file locker services go, we decided to start with a free usability beta so that we can gather direct feedback from our actual audience and get a better idea of how should we improve to make our users (which means you, I sincerely hope) happy.

As CIYAM Open is also doing in-browser encryption I would be interested to compare your .js to my own - have you got a link to the source I can examine?


Cheers,

Ian.


As promised, after the Beta, source code of our applet and everything else that "lands on the user's HDD" will be disclosed under an open source license.

Also, we are considering making a Flash component for those who don't have / don't like Java. If we decide to add Flash support (informing that decision is one of the goals of the Usability Beta), that one will be eventually opensourced too.

We have a commitment to openness. And we take it quite seriously.
 
Can you tell us about what uploaders earn exactly?

During the Free Usability Beta, you earn nothing, but you can win a lifetime Premium membership by just registering.

After, they will earn...

... why, Bitcoins, of course.

We are considering also using plain USD, but given how much trouble payment processors are giving file hosters, how elegant Bitcoin is, and how much we all (esp. boss) like Bitcoin, we might very well go "Bitcoin native", so to speak


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Maybe that's why it could look like a rip-off?

I'm not complaining though.

Haha, it would be a rip off if MU was an active service.

However, Megaupload is tragically not with us anymore, and Mr. Halls wanted to keep a part of it with us - you know, about the same way some people keep hair, teeth, nails, and personal belongings of their dearly departed.

Our designer have been a little... over-enthusiastic about that though Cheesy.

P.S.:
Feex'd  
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Re: [Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
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Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 08:12:48 UTC
So you ripped off everything from site design to features of megaupload then you have the audacity to say you admire WOW. Just amazed at this one. Your site is probably a scam anyway.

It is an intentional homage, a design decision we consciously made to honor the memory of Megaupload (which, quite definitely, is not coming back in its original form).

Also, as to features, if you mean megaupload's features, then your statement is demonstrably inaccurate since the difference is quite immediately  apparent.

However, if you mean Mega (questions regarding similarities between Megareload and Mega are something we get a lot), I implore you to  kindly investigate Mr. Dotcom's currently published Mega screenshots, you will definitely notice a certain fundamental difference in operational philosophies (Mega uses keypair, while we have user-supplied pass-phrases). We believe that this difference is substantial and changes the way users interact with the service (consider telling someone an RSA key over phone, verbally).

Time will tell which philosophy is better (or perhaps, both have drawbacks and benefits in equal measures, who knows).

P.S.:
Given that the site currently operates free of charge and does not gather sensitive information, the accusation of scam is, I must say, demonstrably counter-factual.
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[ANN] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
by
Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 08:06:40 UTC
Sorry, doublepost on my part.

The discussion is going on HERE
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[Introduction] A bitcoin-loving file hosting service now in FREE USABILITY BETA
by
Jane Rand
on 18/01/2013, 07:31:50 UTC
Hello ladies and gentlemen!

My name is Jane Rand (really), and I am here on behalf of Megareload.se

Megareload.se is a cryptographic file hosting service that aims to provide its users with highest level of security assurance (via encrypting all the data on user's machine) as well as a very comfortable, familiar file sharing experience (via user-provided passwords, or, even better, passphrases).
We're admittedly a very small team at this point, but we're very determined and sincerely devoted to making a file hosting service that is secure, friendly, and truly caring about its customers.

The road hasn't been easy for us (It started when our founder, Mr. Halls, acquired the megareload.se domain, wrote the first version of our applet, and secured some seed money) and we've been through some very rough times when Mr. Dotcom (whom we deeply admire) announced Mega, but we pulled through those, more determined and united than ever.

Yesterday, we decided that we are finally ready to give the world a glimpse of ourselves.

Since in-browser encryption is a pretty new thing as far as file locker services go, we decided to start with a free usability beta so that we can gather direct feedback from our actual audience and get a better idea of how should we improve to make our users (which means you, I sincerely hope) happy.

The usability beta is free (of course), but as soon as we go commercial, the first payment method we implement will be Bitcoin (and, as a matter of fact, Mr. Halls is a long time Bitcoin aficionado and has made participation in the Bitcoin ecosystem a major part of our long-term strategy).

I should perhaps also mention that users participating in the Usability Beta automatically participate in a lottery. Winners will get a lifetime Premium account.

So, pay MEGARELOAD a visit.


And after you do, perhaps you would like to like us Smiley on Facebook page (where you can read Mr. Halls' official announcement of the Usability Beta and lottery), or drop us a line at suggestionsDONTSPAM  =AT= megareload.se

I can always be reached here via PM or by email at press-contactDONTSPAM =AT= megareload.se

We really care about you, and wait for you to join us.
http://i.imgur.com/ewERZ.jpg


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Re: Whitelist Requests (Want out of here?)
by
Jane Rand
on 17/01/2013, 23:30:58 UTC
Hello Bitcoin community!

My name is Jane Rand (really) and I am here on behalf of a small (but talented and ambitious) file hosting service (with a twist) that is currently in public free usability beta but intends to use bitcoin for payments after release (and seeks to maintain close ties to the bitcoin community as a part of its general strategy)

I'd like to introduce our service and discuss bitcoin-related issues (also, invite the kind community to pay us a visit and participate in the beta)

Whitelisting would be very appreciated.