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MEGA launches new large file transfer service Transfer.it with no file size limit (alternativeto.net)
submitted 21 hours ago by sun@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 95 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Its also worth noting that the service skips end-to-end encryption "to improve speed and compatibility across browsers", … according to MEGA, files stay encrypted while stored and are only decrypted temporarily in server memory … this model may not meet the needs of users who require strict zero-access encryption.

Oof

Also only free until next year

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 68 points 19 hours ago

Worst honeypot ever.

[–] sun@slrpnk.net 11 points 19 hours ago

It looks like the download will be limited to 100 downloads after January 1s but no file limit https://transfer.it/compare.

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 39 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't tempt me with 10tb of /dev/urandom

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

1s take longer than 0s to xfer, so they must be roomier.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 17 points 18 hours ago

Is it because the 1s get stuck in the bends in the pipe, but the nice round 0s can get around the corners more easily?

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 31 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"no file size limit" sounds like a challenge...

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev -2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's pointless; you can have both sides download PeaZip (which, FYI, is superior to 7-Zip because it's cross-platform instead of being Windows-only) and run part splicers; easy workaround. This only adds to the problem of yet another non-E2E service in the running.

[–] BandanaBug@piefed.social 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, huh. Then everything saying it's Win-only is outdated. Thanks. Is it back to being king, then?

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 4 points 2 hours ago

7-zip only has a gui for windows. That might be what you're thinking about. For MacOS and Linux it is console only

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago

p7zip has been around since early 2000’s I think, and the official version from early 2020’s, so I wonder why that kind of info has been floating around…

[–] Lag@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Can someone make a middleman program to make this into a seedbox?

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago

Pretty sure this isn't a server you can install programs in.