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Storing Very Large Files On Amazon's Unlimited Cloud Photo Storage

Posted by timothy on from the computers-don't-feel-cognitive-dissonance dept.

AmiMoJo writes: Last year Amazon started offering unlimited cloud storage for photos to customers who subscribed to its "Prime" service. Japanese user YDKK has developed a tool to store arbitrary data inside a .bmp file, which can then be uploaded to Amazon's service. A 1.44GB test image containing an executable file uploaded at over 250Mb/sec, far faster than typical cloud storage services that are rate limited and don't allow extremely large files.

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  1. YDKK by turkeydance · · Score: 4, Funny

    almost a Japanese Zipper: YKK

  2. Re:This is why by hawguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Unlimited" does have a very specific meaning, and in this case it means unlimited photos, not unlimited steganography.

    I happen to have a very extensive collection of photographs of static from my TV and I need someplace to store them.

  3. Re:Another new low for Slashot by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't read Japanese, I just look at the cartoon drawings of school girls being super-friendly with the tentacle monsters.

  4. Re: This is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If your neighbor lets you store your go kart in his garage, it does not mean you get to park yours and the wife's mini vans in there as well.

    BOOM. Car analogy :)