Just How Good Is Mega’s Encryption

Oné of the big things touted about the new file-locker ser­vice was its security.

But it turns out we have very few facts about how that secu­rity is actu­ally work­ing and we’re pretty much going to have to take it on trust that it does what it says.

Some of the state­ments are even highly ques­tion­able or poten­tially misleading.

Pretty much like every­thing else related to the fig­ure­head of the company…

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Megabad: A quick look at the state of Mega’s encryp­tion
Puz­zling design choices and poten­tial holes make the ser­vice a mixed bag.

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