Mega – 50GB Of Free Encrypted Cloud Storage
With Microsoft dialing back its free OneDrive cloud storage this week from 15 GB to match Apple’s free 5 GB in iCloud, some users may be looking for more generous alternatives.
If so, you might find it worthwhile to check out MEGA, a secure cloud storage service that gives you 50 GB free storage space. And if security is a concern, unlike with other cloud storage providers, with MEGA your data is encrypted and decrypted by your client devices only and never by the service.
As with other cloud services, you can upload files from your smartphone or tablet then search, store, download, stream, view, share, rename or delete your files any time, from any connected device, anywhere. Share folders with your contacts and see their updates in real time.
NB: The encryption process means MEGA can’t access or reset your password so you MUST remember it (unless you have your Master Key backed up) or you will lose access to your stored files.
MEGA’s developers explain that when they launched MEGA early 2013, global mass surveillance by rogue governments under the pretext of fighting terrorism was still a wild conjecture and its proponents were often touted as conspiracy theorists. Edward Snowden’s revelations 137 days later fundamentally changed public 
attitudes and it became excruciatingly clear that security by policy (“we have access to your data, but we promise to keep it confidential and not misuse it”) had not been good enough. Anything short of security by design (“we cannot gain access to your data without you being able to find out”), for which strong end-to-end encryption is an essential prerequisite, now seems grossly insufficient.
MEGA was architected around the simple fact that cryptography, for it to be accepted and used, must not interfere with usability. MEGA is fully accessible without prior software installs and remains the only cloud storage provider with browser-based high-performance end-to-end encryption. The only visible signs of the crypto layer operating under MEGA’s hood are the entropy collection during signup, the lack of a password reset feature and the novel (and browser-specific) ways file transfers are conducted.
MEGS also offers a range of “Pro” paid up accounts with varying levels of storage and bandwidth allowances. But when it comes to free storage, nothing else comes close in terms of quantity.
Inside the MEGA app you can upgrade your storage space & bandwidth quota with a monthly or yearly subscription if you need more than 50 GB of space. Prices Are:
PRO LITE subscription: €4.99 (US$4.99) per month or €49.99 (US$49.99) per year gives you 200 GB of storage space and 1 TB of bandwidth per month.
PRO I subscription: €9.99 (US$9.99) per month or €99.99 (US$99.99) per year gives you 500 GB of storage space and 2 TB of bandwidth per month.
PRO II subscription: €19.99 (US$19.99) per month or €199.99 (US$199.99) per year gives you 2 TB of storage space and 4 TB of bandwidth per month.
PRO III subscription: €29.99 (US$29.99) per month or €299.99 (US$299.99) per year gives you 4 TB of storage space and 8 TB of bandwidth per month.
Subscriptions are renewed automatically for successive subscription periods of the same duration and at the same price as the initial period chosen. You can switch off the automatic renewal of your MEGA PRO subscription no later than 24 hours before your next subscription payment is due via your iTunes account settings page. To manage your subscriptions, simply click on the App Store icon on your handset, sign in with your Apple ID at the bottom of the page (if you haven’t already done so) and then click View ID. You’ll be taken to your account page where you can scroll down to Manage App Subscriptions. From there, you can select your MEGA PRO subscription and view your scheduled renewal date, choose a different subscription package or toggle the on-off switch to off to disable the auto-renewal of your subscription.
Free MEGA client apps are available for iOS, Mac OS X, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Linux
For more information, visit:
Mobile
https://mega.nz/ios_terms.html https://mega.nz/ios_privacy.html
Desktop –
https://mega.nz/
Note: For desktop access to your files Mega needs to use HTML5 compatible browsers to handle our advanced features. MEGA recommends Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. However the mobile versions of browsers cannot access the Mega cloud storage system.
