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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. Argh! by iluvcapra · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't find any seeders for my chemistry homework!

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    1. Re:Argh! by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I have been doing this for years.
      Zip up the files you want backed up, encrypt with your favourite encryption tool, then put it up on piratebay with a file name something like: Kari_Byron_XXX_PORN_3D.avi
      There will be thousands of seeders in an hour.

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    2. Re:Argh! by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

      That link appears to be broken. ALSO PLZ SEED!

    3. Re:Argh! by jones_supa · · Score: 4, Interesting

      If you really have been doing this for years, you may want to go check to see if any seeders are left. Yeah, you could get seeders at first, but once people realize its a bad file they are gone.

      But what if you encoded your backup in some real porn movie using steganography! That would be quite interesting.

  2. Re:WTF? by Aguazul2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it is stored 'on the network' by keeping the packets in the air constantly. If you can't beat bufferbloat, might as well make use of it for storage.

  3. 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.

  4. Re:This is old news. by Virtucon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ROFLMAO or seed it as Child Porn and have the government back it up for you.

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  5. 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

  6. Re:Truth becomes stranger than fiction. by friedman101 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not to be rude but that is an awful joke.