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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. This is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is why we can't have nice things.

    1. Re:This is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    2. Re: This is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They offered storage for photos. Data disguised as a .bmp file is not a photo. That's abuse.