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Re:10 years ago the Feds shut down Megaupload by DoItToMe81 on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:41AM (#30497037)
I once downloaded copyrighted material to my drive. I never gave the key out, yet a few days later it was no longer downloadable due to said copyright violation. Has Mega's encrypted design been audited?
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Re:10 years ago the Feds shut down Megaupload by shmde on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:38AM (#30498429)
Did you import the copyrighted material from someplace else ? The base link + key was given to you by somebody else ? If YES then copyright holder got hold of the base link and notified mega. This is common.

OR

You uploaded copyrighted material to your own computer to your own cloud, downloaded it and the file got taken down ? This is not possible. If yes then I am in trouble.

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Re:10 years ago the Feds shut down Megaupload by DoItToMe81 on Monday February 28, 2022 @09:20AM (#30500060)
Most likely the former. It was a while ago and I barely recall how it happened.
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