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NoFile
10y ago
There is of course nothing other than our word that will guarantee the site being up. But if the site does decide to shut down then we will be sure to notify users about this at least a month in advance in order to have time to make backups
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NoFile
10y ago
The site will simply not operate with large margins like other sites. The cost of keeping the servers and development running will be covered by a premium plan that's targeted to heavy users.
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NoFile
10y ago
The encryption key is passed after the hash (#) in the URL. Therefore the keys are never sent to the server over the HTTP request (more info about this can be found here: https://nofile.io/security/ ).
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NoFile
10y ago
Thanks for the positive feedback. Right now there's only an option to upload files to Dropbox, but the plan is to add as many useful alternatives as possible and S3 would be a good option. The number of times a file was downloaded is c
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NoFile
10y ago
There is actually a page that explains the encryption used and how it works which can be found here: https://nofile.io/security/ A link has also been added to that block to make it easier to find, thanks for pointing i
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NoFile
10y ago
Currently all different file types are accepted so the asterik has been removed - thanks for pointing it out.
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NoFile
10y ago
"Google of file-sharing" would be a too heavy title to hold right now. The animations are there in the background to give the site a comfortable touch, but it should be easy to distinguish them from the actual site content (e.g th
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NoFile
10y ago
Updated, thanks for the help.
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NoFile
10y ago
What's different to so-called 1-click hosters (rapidshare, mega, uploaded, ...)? The main difference is that nearly all of these hosts specialize in a specific type of storage. As an example MEGA forces all users to client-side encry
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NoFile
10y ago
Fixed, thanks for pointing that out.
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NoFile
10y ago
"It's ridiculously difficult to share a single file online without a bunch of hassle. Most sites either riddle their pages with ads so you have to guess where the correct download button is and usually restrict useful features to
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Show HN: NoFile.io – A simple file storage site with lots of perks
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10y ago
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