Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

3 of 229 comments (clear)

  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.