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> steganographic containers for arbitrary private data storage I'd be curious how you sell that. I understand you can have some API to take whatever data, put

> steganographic containers for arbitrary private data storage I'd be curious how you sell that. I understand you can have some API to take whatever data, put it into the images, upload the images, reverse for use. But some portal somewhere is like "buy secret storage" or something? I guess it is worth the processing/possible data loss efficiency. Or is it just using bandwidth?

rocqua 5y ago
You build an app that will create your backups for you using your free image sharing account. Or maybe instead of backups it's for big filetransfers, or sharing somewhat secret documents. The main point is to make use of the effective endless storage, rather than to store things hidden in plain sight.
- codetrotter 5y ago
  I remember also back when GMail first became available to people by invitation, and at the time the amount of storage you were given, while not as impressive by today’s standards, was pretty significant at the time. And someone created a system to allow you to backup files from your computer onto your GMail. I wonder if that system inspired Google to build Google Drive. Here’s an article from the time, and an excerpt from said article: > As many of you know, Gmail is Google's free web mail service that gives you 2+ Gigs of free storage for your email and attachments. Now that is a lot of storage; actually more storage than most people really need. So what can we do with all that extra storage you may be wondering? What if I told you that we could use all this extra storage to act as an online hard drive for you to store files? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-use-gmail-as-an-online-drive/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-use-gmail-... And the original page, which is still around too. http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm > GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google Mail account, allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium. Windows XP. Good times :) If Google did take inspiration from it when later creating Google Drive then maybe that’s even where they took the name for Google Drive from. Speaking of Google, storage space, and that time period, here’s a comic strip I remember from back then :) http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/669.html http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/669.html
  - mkr-hn 5y ago
    People were clamoring for Google to make Google Drive in the same way people were clamoring for Apple to make the iPhone.

rocqua 5y ago

You build an app that will create your backups for you using your free image sharing account. Or maybe instead of backups it's for big filetransfers, or sharing somewhat secret documents. The main point is to make use of the effective endless storage, rather than to store things hidden in plain sight.

codetrotter 5y ago
I remember also back when GMail first became available to people by invitation, and at the time the amount of storage you were given, while not as impressive by today’s standards, was pretty significant at the time. And someone created a system to allow you to backup files from your computer onto your GMail. I wonder if that system inspired Google to build Google Drive. Here’s an article from the time, and an excerpt from said article: > As many of you know, Gmail is Google's free web mail service that gives you 2+ Gigs of free storage for your email and attachments. Now that is a lot of storage; actually more storage than most people really need. So what can we do with all that extra storage you may be wondering? What if I told you that we could use all this extra storage to act as an online hard drive for you to store files? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-use-gmail-as-an-online-drive/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-use-gmail-... And the original page, which is still around too. http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm > GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google Mail account, allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium. Windows XP. Good times :) If Google did take inspiration from it when later creating Google Drive then maybe that’s even where they took the name for Google Drive from. Speaking of Google, storage space, and that time period, here’s a comic strip I remember from back then :) http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/669.html http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/669.html
- mkr-hn 5y ago
  People were clamoring for Google to make Google Drive in the same way people were clamoring for Apple to make the iPhone.