Kim Dotcom has revealed that it plans to launch its own IM service, allowing for more secure communication than is currently offered by Skype , Microsoft's flagship application. The service will initially be launched as part of its storage service, and hosting files on the cloud, called Mega.
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For those unaware, Kim Dotcom is well known to all those who surf the web, since he is the founder of Megaupload, the popular file-sharing site that has generated extensive advertising revenues and was once the thirteenth website the most visited on the Web. However, in 2012 the site was closed for breach of copyright in the United States, and after many twists and turns. Today, Megaupload is a shadow of himself, leaving the unfortunate orphans internet files they had deposited - whether legal or not.
Adding a messaging component for Mega, which has been dubbed MegaChat, will reportedly be out of reach of the US government, as safety is one of the service's priorities . "Mega soon release a fully encrypted messaging service, and accessible from a browser that allows you to chat, go video calls and transfer files at high speed " announced Dotcom via Twitter.
MegaChat attempt to "compete" directly with Skype, which currently has about 300 million users. However, the high-profile news programs on monitoring and espionage Government, such as PRISM can lead users to adopt the new platform of Kim Dotcom. The service will therefore operate directly in a web browser, and according Dotcom, will a more secure messaging than its competitors.
"You can not trust any service provider for our American online data" , he said. "Skype has no choice. They must provide the government with US backdoors " . Although the US giant denies that it provides backdoors, there is no doubt that the US Secret Service decipher smoothly communications made through the platform.
For the Dotcom service is actually protected, it may think that it will implement the same solutions as its encryption storage and sharing service files to the cloud.
MegaChat will be available in the coming weeks by a private beta available to users Mega, with a public beta to be launched in the first quarter of 2015.
Kim Dotcom has also indicated that it would provide hackers targeting Xbox Live and Playstation Network a lifetime subscription to the Mega service if they cease their attacks, because he wanted to play on Xbox Live Destiny :).
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For those unaware, Kim Dotcom is well known to all those who surf the web, since he is the founder of Megaupload, the popular file-sharing site that has generated extensive advertising revenues and was once the thirteenth website the most visited on the Web. However, in 2012 the site was closed for breach of copyright in the United States, and after many twists and turns. Today, Megaupload is a shadow of himself, leaving the unfortunate orphans internet files they had deposited - whether legal or not.
MegaChat attempt to "compete" directly with Skype, which currently has about 300 million users. However, the high-profile news programs on monitoring and espionage Government, such as PRISM can lead users to adopt the new platform of Kim Dotcom. The service will therefore operate directly in a web browser, and according Dotcom, will a more secure messaging than its competitors.
"You can not trust any service provider for our American online data" , he said. "Skype has no choice. They must provide the government with US backdoors " . Although the US giant denies that it provides backdoors, there is no doubt that the US Secret Service decipher smoothly communications made through the platform.
For the Dotcom service is actually protected, it may think that it will implement the same solutions as its encryption storage and sharing service files to the cloud.
MegaChat will be available in the coming weeks by a private beta available to users Mega, with a public beta to be launched in the first quarter of 2015.
Kim Dotcom has also indicated that it would provide hackers targeting Xbox Live and Playstation Network a lifetime subscription to the Mega service if they cease their attacks, because he wanted to play on Xbox Live Destiny :).