Alleged digital pirate and German Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom on Thursday announced plans for Mega, a service that would replace his shut down file-sharing website Megaupload. The new Mega — besides dropping a few letters form the name of the service — will reportedly avoid any dealings with domains in the United States, have no back-end support with U.S. providers, and avoid any dealings with U.S. hosting services. Files uploaded on Mega will be encrypted and thus “secret” from even the site’s administrators.
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Dotcom Suits Up for Another Round in File-Sharing Wars
Posted by: Peter Suciu November 1, 2012 02:15 PMAlleged digital pirate and German Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom on Thursday announced plans for Mega, a service that would replace his shut down file-sharing website Megaupload. The new Mega — besides dropping a few letters form the name of the service — will reportedly avoid any dealings with domains in the United States, have no back-end support with U.S. providers, and avoid any dealings with U.S. hosting services. Files uploaded on Mega will be encrypted and thus “secret” from even the site’s administrators.