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BitTorrent Launches Dropbox Alternative

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-now-have-a-67th-way-to-sync-your-files dept.

redletterdave writes "On Friday morning, BitTorrent launched the alpha test of a new, free public service called BitTorrent Sync, which allows users to securely back up and sync files over the Web using BitTorrent's platform. Unlike competing services such as Box or Dropbox, BitTorrent Sync doesn't store files on remote servers (which means that no third party has access to one's files), and also has no storage limits other than what your devices can hold."

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  1. Re:WTF? by Spy+Handler · · Score: 5, Informative

    This PC mag article has a bit more info. Apparently the "unlimited storage" means whatever your phone or PC can hold.

    So it looks like what it's doing is syncing files between your devices... or backing up your phone to your PC (if you wanna look at it that way), via the internet and using BT protocol... so you don't have to plug a USB cable from your phone to PC.

  2. Link to Sign Up by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Informative

    Crappy links in the article. To sign up, er "apply", for the alpha:
    http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html