Dotcom's New File-Sharing Offers 50GB Free Space With Privacy


Bangalore: Kim Dotcom, the accused Megaupload founder unveiled a new file- sharing website on Sunday promising the users amped-up privacy settings through an insolent move against the U.S. prosecutors who accused him of facilitating massive online piracy.

In advancement of a lavish gala press conference, Dotcom unveiled the “Mega” site at his mansion in New Zealand on Sunday night, the anniversary of his arrest on racketeering charges related to Megaupload, the recently shuttered file -sharing site. Megaupload, created by Dotcom in 2005, was one of the most established sites on the web until the U.S. prosecutors shut it down; accusing Dotcom and several other officials of facilitating millions of illegal downloads.

Mega, similar to Megaupload, allows users to store and share large files. Besides, it offers 50 gigabytes of free storage, similar to sites such as Dropbox and Google Drive and specially features a drag-and-drop upload tool.

The encrypted and decrypted feature for data transfers is the key difference, according to Dotcom, which will protect him from the legal drama that led to the entanglement of Megaupload and put him behind bars.

The users will enjoy freedom of owning the decryption keys for uploaded files. Hence, the company hardly knows about the content and the files being shared. Furthermore, Dotcom argues that Mega, which has named itself as “the privacy company” will not be held liable for the content.