FirstLoveMovies

dogbear12 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:27 am Thanks, I was trying to download it from the other Mega link but it kept giving me a download limit with a timer that would keep restarting. The multiple RARs worked for me

I am glad SOME direct-download links still work. It has been a rough year with zippyshare closing down and now ulozto public sharing ending, and in between free Mega sharing getting size limits. The HARD limit seemed to be 5Gb but I can not be sure. This looked like this one SHOULD work with its smaller total size and multiple parts. Of course you would not be able to download other Mega movies the same day.

Night457 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:32 am

dogbear12 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:27 am Thanks, I was trying to download it from the other Mega link but it kept giving me a download limit with a timer that would keep restarting. The multiple RARs worked for me

I am glad SOME direct-download links still work. It has been a rough year with zippyshare closing down and now ulozto public sharing ending, and in between free Mega sharing getting size limits. The HARD limit seemed to be 5Gb but I can not be sure. This looked like this one SHOULD work with its smaller total size and multiple parts. Of course you would not be able to download other Mega movies the same day.

Personally I have zero issues with mega , even their bigger files.

I am able to bypass any limits and restrictions. What I find more fascinating is that they removed a file from my mega that I imported from another mega link and they removed the file from my mega due to the original file apparently getting reported or flagged. This is interesting considering they advertise themselves with their encryption all the time and that „no one knows your files“. They clearly use some hashing or detection.

We also lost anonfiles.com/hayfiles.com This year and filehorst.de which is regularly used by TNT has recently also disabled the upload of any new files.

goku33 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:17 pm Personally I have zero issues with mega , even their bigger files.

I am able to bypass any limits and restrictions.

How? Paid account? Or don't you know?

This is interesting considering they advertise themselves with their encryption all the time and that „no one knows your files“. They clearly use some hashing or detection.

Oh, THEY know. Very good point.

We also lost anonfiles.com/hayfiles.com This year and filehorst.de which is regularly used by TNT has recently also disabled the upload of any new files.

Lovely.

Night457 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:45 pm

goku33 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:17 pm Personally I have zero issues with mega , even their bigger files.

I am able to bypass any limits and restrictions.

How? Paid account? Or don't you know?

Just with vpn and megatools

Night457 wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:45 pm

This is interesting considering they advertise themselves with their encryption all the time and that „no one knows your files“. They clearly use some hashing or detection.

Oh, THEY know. Very good point.

I looked into this in the past but I think now I found my answer, they most likely don’t do hashing of the files themselves but they do keep track of all links and will know you have imported folder/film „xyz“ from @deadman for example. But to mega there would be no connection between your and deadman’s files if you re-uploaded the film to your own mega account.

See this old Reddit thread:

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Imported files aren't actually copied. Even though they count against your storage capacity they're just links to the file on the uploader's account. So if the file is removed for copyright violation, deleted by the user, or their account is closed, it disappears from your account too. As goku points out though, they don't seem to compare hashes so unlike some services, future uploads of a taken-down file won't fail. As far as MEGA is concerned your copy (if uploaded the traditional way to your account) is a unique and separate thing from the one they took down.

deadman wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:11 pm Imported files aren't actually copied. Even though they count against your storage capacity they're just links to the file on the uploader's account. So if the file is removed for copyright violation, deleted by the user, or their account is closed, it disappears from your account too. As goku points out though, they don't seem to compare hashes so unlike some services, future uploads of a taken-down file won't fail. As far as MEGA is concerned your copy (if uploaded the traditional way to your account) is a unique and separate thing from the one they took down.

But that’s the thing and what confuses me: as far as I can’t tell, I have had many files I imported where the original links were taken down/deleted or even the entire original uploader account closed for violation of Mega‘s ToS.

LOL maybe I should test it by reporting my own uploads and importing them to other accounts before lmao

goku33 wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:17 pmLOL maybe I should test it by reporting my own uploads and importing them to other accounts before lmao

You don't need to do that. Just take down the file yourself, and see if it remains available on the accounts you imported it into.

deadman wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:30 pm

goku33 wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:17 pmLOL maybe I should test it by reporting my own uploads and importing them to other accounts before lmao

You don't need to do that. Just take down the file yourself, and see if it remains available on the accounts you imported it into.

I will try that.


The thing with files taken down due to reporting is, I was even still able to view the thumbnails in the browser. But downloading them failed.

It was the first time years that Imported files were inaccessible to me. I was convince that files stay there even if the original link/uploader got suspended

goku33 wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:59 am It was the first time years that Imported files were inaccessible to me.

Probably done for legal reasons. From technical point of view, it would be logical that a file is physically deleted after it has no references anymore.