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Online Storage With a Twist

Posted by timothy on from the wiseacres-will-volunteer-to-store-porn dept.

mssmss writes "For a long time, I have been looking for a way to securely store my files online without being tied to a single vendor — whose survival my storage depends on. It looks like Wuala has a way to do this, according to this story in the Economist. They use donated disk space of users to scatter your encrypted files over multiple computers."

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  1. But.... by SCHecklerX · · Score: 0, Troll

    p2p is only used for illegal stuff! This should be outlawed, immediately.

  2. How about no? by mnslinky · · Score: 0, Troll

    What the hell is up with people wanting to 'securely' store their personal/corporate/political plans to take over the world on someone else's machine? If you don't control the hardware you're storing things on, it's, by definition, not secure.