“All the traffic is encrypted using a private key derived from the shared secret. Only those who have the unique private key can access the shared folder. While Sync uses BitTorrent technology, people’s files are not accessible to outsiders. Among other things it is now possible to allow one-way synchronization and to exclude files or directories from being shared. Over the past weeks many improvements have been made to the Sync application, prompted by user feedback. Those in the closed Alpha have already synced more than 200TB since we started the program,” BitTorrent announces. The feedback has been universally positive.

“We’re really excited about opening up this Alpha. Another advantage is that there are no storage or transfer limits, so users can sync as many files as they want, for free.Įarlier this year BitTorrent started a closed Alpha test with a limited number of users, and today Sync is being released to the public for the first time.

Users sync the files between their own computers and no third-party has access to it.īesides increased security, BitTorrent sync transfers also tend to go a lot faster than competing cloud services. This means that you have to trust these companies with your personal and confidential files, and that your storage space is limited.įor those people who want to be in control of their own data there haven’t been many alternatives, but BitTorrent Sync has the potential to trigger a small revolution on this front.īitTorrent Sync’s functionality is comparable to services such as Dropbox and Skydrive, except for the fact that there’s no cloud involved. Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Skydrive and Mega are just a few examples of the many file-storage and backup services that are available today.Īll these services rely on external cloud based hosting to back up and store files.

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