On 7/24/18 7:17 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2018, at 2:41 PM, Matthew Crews <mailingli...@mattcrews.com> 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. 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. Granted, these aren't the strongest reasons, but for me they are strong enough. Maybe I'm wrong though?
