Dotcom, and his Mega partner Mathias Ortmann say the difference is that now those files will first be one-click-encrypted right in a clients browser, using the so-called Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm. The user is then provided with a second unique key for that files decryption.
It will be up to users, and third-party app developers, to control access to any given uploaded file, be it a song, movie, videogame, book, or simple text document. Internet libertarians will surely embrace this new capability.
And because the decryption key is not stored with Mega, the company would have no means to view the uploaded file on its server. It would, Ortmann explains, be impossible for Mega to know, or be responsible for, its users uploaded content a state of affairs engineered to create an ironclad safe harbor from liability for Mega, and added peace of mind for the user.
