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Re:Streem (YC S12) Offers Unlimited Cloud Storage and Stream... by ritikm on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @08:26PM (#7601381)
We have a few advanced techniques that inspect the file data and ensure that the file is valid. So even if you rename your encrypted backup to to My_Home_Video.avi, it wouldn't pass our check and would fail to upload.
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Re:Streem (YC S12) Offers Unlimited Cloud Storage and Stream... by fatrachet on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @08:54PM (#7601453)
And what about lossless image formats like .tiff or .bmp? These allow you to basically store any data in an image, and although the photo looks just like noise it's a completely valid image file with minimal overhead.

I do know some people that use that for backups on picasa and flickr, which have unlimited storage and 1TB respectively.

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