Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom’s Mega Manifesto: “Privacy Is a Basic Human Right”

Kim Dotcom just broadcast a batshit spectacle live to the world from his mansion in New Zealand. Lofty ideas! Techno! A fake FBI raid! The gist: His new startup Mega isn’t just super-private file storage in the cloud. It’s a political statement about your privacy. Your data is yours and yours alone. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-kim-dotcoms-new-mega-this-service-could-5977163 Dotcom was…

Watch Kim Dotcom explain his vision for Mega live here at 2:30 AM EST. Warning: So much techno right now!

Mega Uses Random Data From Your Mouse and Keyboard To Beef Up Its Already Insane Encryption (Updated)

Kim Dotcom’s newly launched Mega is determined not to get screwed over by the Feds the way MegaUpload did, and the trick is encryption, lots of encryption. Mega’s really going that extra mile too; it’s using your random mouse and keyboard data to strengthen your crypto keys. https://gizmodo.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-is-now-open-to-the-public-5977329 Cryptography relies on having complex keys to…

Kim Dotcom’s Mega Is Now Open To the Public

Mega, Kim Dotcom’s big, flashy new copyright-dismantling file-sharing/storage site with encryption up the wazoo has finally launched. You can head on over and sign up right now. That is, so long as the site can hold under the crazy traffic. So far, it looks like it’s getting crushed. But different people are experiencing different things.…

Mega’s Clever Encryption Will Protect You, But Mostly Kim Dotcom

Almost exactly one year ago, MegaUpload unexpectedly went down in flames. Now, Kim Dotcom’s new venture, plain old “Mega” is rising from the ashes, and we’ve taken you inside for a sneak peek. But things will be different this time. Why? Dotcom’s prepped this baby against all manner of attack, and its encryption is the…

Hands On With Kim Dotcom’s New Mega: This Service Could Dismantle Copyright Forever

Kim Dotcom’s Mega officially launches tomorrow, but we’re already in. From the membership plans we showed you this morning, the service might look like it’s just another online storage locker like Dropbox or Google Drive. (Update: It’s live.) But it’s way more than that. Mega is a weapon aimed straight at copyright rights holders. It’s…

Here’s Our First Look at Kim Dotcom’s Mega (Updating)

Ahead of the official launch tomorrow, Kim Dotcom’s Mega is live early for some members of the press. The landing page at mega.co.nz now redirects to http://kim.com/mega (in Safari) and shows an error to people using Chrome. Here’s everything we know so far about the new Megaupload. First of all, Mega is not finished—according to…

You’ll Get 50GB of Free Storage at Kim Dotcom’s New File Sharing Service This Saturday

Kim Dotcom seems decided to give the megafinger to the Feds and continue with his meganew file sharing megaproject after megaupload was megashutteddowned. He claims his new Mega will give 50GB of storage space to every user. For free. If true, it will crush Dropbox and Skydrive like Kim crushes plastic chairs. https://gizmodo.com/feds-kill-megaupload-updated-5877612 He also…

Me.ga Is Dead, Long Live Mega.co.nz

Kim Dotcom’s dream of hosting the follow-up to Megaupload at Me.ga fell through last week when Gabon’s government objected. No worry: instead it will appear at the rather less snappy Mega.co.nz. https://gizmodo.com/megauploads-new-website-me-ga-has-already-been-shut-dow-5958358 While it might not sound quite as good, chances are the new domain will be rather more secure with its New Zealand backing…

Now Kim Dotcom’s New Site Me.ga Has Been Hacked, Too

Not only did Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload reboot get its domain name seized by officials in Gabon, it seems ‘real pirates’ have taken offence to Dotcom, and have hacked his domain to redirect to a group calling themselves ‘Omega‘. https://gizmodo.com/megauploads-new-website-me-ga-has-already-been-shut-dow-5958358 What’s more, they want to sell it to Dotcom’s adversaries. Looks like ol’Kimmy’s got a war…

Megaupload’s New Website Me.ga Has Already Been Shut Down

Kim Dotcom has been hyping up Megaupload’s new website Mega for so long that it seemed like a given that the file sharing site would come back bigger and badder. But it doesn’t look likely because Me.ga has already been shut down by Gabon, a small country in Africa that controls the .ga domain. https://gizmodo.com/megaupload-s-new-website-is-me-ga-5956369…

Haha, Kim Dotcom Wants to Build an Underwater Broadband Pipeline

Kim Dotcom is trying to build an undersea broadband pipeline that connects Australia, New Zealand, and Los Angeles. Translation: the Megaupload founder is trying to resurrect a project that is seriously never going to happen. The project, called Pacific Fibre, is something Dotcom’s tried before. But it never got off the ground because Dotcom wasn’t…

Megaupload’s New Website Is Me.ga

Kim Dotcom just announced where Megaupload will be reborn: Me.ga. As in, that’s the new file sharing website that will officially launch on January 20th next year. Go check it out. Right now, it’s only a splash page that’s up at me.ga but it describes how Mega will work, details how to become a hosting…

MegaUpload Slated To Rise From the Ashes on the Anniversary of Its Death

MegaUpload has been down for almost a year now, but mastermind Kim Dotcom has had no intentions of letting it stay that way. Previously, he’s teased some details about a relaunch and the servers are bought and paid for. Now, we’ve got a date: January 19th, 2013, the one-year anniversary of the takedown. https://gizmodo.com/is-megaupload-relaunching-this-year-5934132 The…

The New Megaupload Has a Super Clever Way to Avoid Getting Raided Again

From the ashes of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom is launching a new file-sharing service: Mega. Mega is like Megaupload but will be safe from raids and government interference because it has “ironclad safe harbors” in place to protect Mega. How does it work? Though Mega is just like Megaupload once was in that it allows users…

Kim Dotcom Suspected Government Snooping Because of a 150 Millisecond Connection Delay in Modern Warfare 3

According to the New Zealand Herald, Kim Dotcom suspected he was being spied because of a 150 millisecond connection delay while playing his favorite game—Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Kim wanted to be the king of MW3 so hard that he had a dedicated internet connection that linked his Coatesville mansion directly to the…

Check Out Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom’s Next Project: Megabox

We’ve sort of known that Kim Dotcom was launching Megabox from the remains of Megaupload but we didn’t know exactly what it was. Now that Dotcom has leaked a video about the service, we have an idea: a music service that wants to destroy labels and put the artist in charge. https://gizmodo.com/is-megaupload-relaunching-this-year-5934132 This ain’t piracy.…

New Zealand Police Blamed for Kim Dotcom’s Illegal Surveillance

The case of Megaupload’s founder Kim Dotcom gets odder by the day, with the latest official documents revealing that the police simply didn’t know, or didn’t bother checking, if Kim Dotcom was a New Zealand citizen or not. The newest twist reveals that the Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand’s monitoring/spying department, asked the Organized…

Prime Minister Admits That Government Spies Illegally Bugged Kim Dotcom

As more details leak out about the investigation on Kim Dotcom, the more embarrassing it gets for government officials. After thinking Dotcom had a doomsday device, it’s now known that government spies illegally bugged Dotcom at the behest of the US government. https://gizmodo.com/the-fbi-thought-kim-dotcom-had-a-doomsday-device-that-c-5933870 As ridiculous as Dotcom’s life may be, it seems like the government…

Megaupload is ready to make a comeback: its code is 90 percent done and servers have been ordered. [TorrentFreak]