To limit file access on a cloud provider's end, Mega uses an additional encryption scheme called client-side encryption. Because you hold the master encryption key, it means neither Mega or anyone else trying to access your files on Mega's cloud can view a file's contents without this encryption key. It's your device that actually performs the decryption process with your encryption key, as you can see in the following figure which shows 'Decrypting' as part of the loading process to view Mega files on a browser.
This feature alone puts Mega at the top of the security category among cloud storage providers. And although there are other cloud storage providers like PCloud that also offer client-side encryption, Mega is still the only cloud storage provider to offer client-side encryption for all its plans, including its free tier. Just be aware client-side encryption requires a heightened level of security awareness, since files are stored encrypted in the cloud and only you control the encryption key.
For example, if you happen to lose your master encryption key and somehow forget your password, your uploaded files will become irrecoverable, because they can only be decrypted with the encryption key you just lost. Similarly, if you share files with other users, you'll need to provide a decryption key -- not the master one of course, but a decryption key nonetheless -- so users are able to decrypt files on their devices. Another security feature available with Mega is the ability to cryptographically verify a contact list [9] , which heightens security when sharing.
To prevent impersonation or security edge-cases like a man-in-the-middle attack, you can mutually confirm the details of a contact using 10 sets of 4 characters through an independent secure channel e. Yet another security feature available with Mega is called MegaChat [10]. Although chat features are outside the scope of cloud storage and to participate in MegaChat users must have a Mega account, the interesting bit about MegaChat is that it's a user-controlled encrypted service to have secure voice or video calls and text chats.
This means the encryption keys for the service are controlled by users and not a provider, similarly to how you control Mega's encryption key to share files with other users. Mega's technical security features should give you more peace of mind than what privacy terms are declared in Mega's terms of service [11] or enforced in its operational jurisdiction, which is New Zealand -- after all, only you control the encryption key required to view files.
Nevertheless, privacy is at heart of Mega's mission statement, to the extent Mega calls itself 'The Privacy Company' [12]. Mega offers access to its cloud through multiple channels. In this sense, Mega is near the top of cloud storage providers in the amount of applications it offers for different environments -- a particularly important feature for those relying on Linux and Blackberry devices, which are considered non-mainstream platforms and are not supported by most cloud storage providers.
Mega's native applications are called MEGASync and are specifically designed to automatically upload and synchronize files on any device folder to Mega's cloud storage. This means that as soon as you place a file on a folder managed by a MEGASync application, it's automatically uploaded to Mega's cloud and also becomes accessible on any other device connected to your Mega account.
Although file syncing has become a default feature for all cloud storage providers -- since it allows access to files on any device -- Mega's syncing process offers the flexibility to define any device folder for syncing, which puts it a nudge above the industry standard syncing process. Mega files can be shared with anyone through a link and don't require the recipient to have a Mega account. You can separately share the encryption key and URL link with a target user -- which is the recommended practice -- or append the encryption key to a URL link for easier access.
Once someone has access to a URL link and its encryption key, the file can be downloaded in its native format or as a ZIP file. Mega shared links must be revoked manually, but if you have a Mega Pro account it's possible to set a shared link expiration date. Mega folders can only be shared with other Mega account users. If you want to share the contents of a Mega folder with a non-Mega user, you must first add his email address as part of your Mega contact list, so he receives an invitation to join Mega.
Mega gives a tight competition to Popular File Sharing Sites in terms of download speeds. To bypass this and enable Unlimited downloads from mega. Once the Installation is done. People are preferring Mega over all the available file sharing sites due to these reasons: 1 Very few offers 50 gigs of free space 2 Easy of access and Faster download speeds. But upload speeds from the browser are very slow in Mega. Hope you guys like this article. If possible test the scenario with a small file to be sure.
The controversy centers on Megaupload complying with a then-secret U. Eighteen months before Megaupload was indicted in January , Megaupload complied with the warrant and turned over a database on the 39 pirated movies detailed in the warrant that linked the files to the file-sharing service NinjaVideo, which was later indicted. Though the feds had already begun quietly investigating Megaupload months before, in this case the government treated Megaupload as NinjaVideo's internet service provider, and asked it to keep the NinjaVideo warrant quiet.
That's because Megaupload did not delete the 39 movies from its servers. The government used that fact to demonstrate that the company knew full well that its service was being used for piracy. But federal prosecutors in Virginia, where the case is being tried, said in a court filing that there was ample evidence, beyond those files, presented in an affidavit to a federal judge to bring a case against Megaupload :.
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