MEGA
Secure Cloud Storage and Chat
What is MEGA?
MEGA is a Chrome extension that installs MEGA cloud storage into your browser for faster loading times, improved download performance, and enhanced security. It provides a secure user-controlled end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and communication service with free 20 GB storage. All MEGA URLs are captured by this extension and kept local, ensuring your privacy. The extension source code can be found at https://mega.io/sourcecode.
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- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- https://mega.co.nz/
- https://mega.nz/
- https://mega.io/
- http://mega.co.nz/
- http://mega.nz/
- http://mega.io/
- unlimitedStorage
- clipboardWrite
Summary
Secure Cloud Storage and Communication. Privacy by design.
MEGA is a secure, user-controlled end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and communications service with 20 GB free storage space. Unlike other cloud storage providers, your data is encrypted and decrypted by your client devices only and never by us.
This extension allows you to install MEGA into your browser to reduce loading times, improve download performance and strengthen security. Any MEGA URL will be captured by this extension and stay local (no JavaScript will be loaded from our servers).
MEGA’s source code files (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) are loaded from the extension itself and do not require additional integrity verification. This saves time by not downloading these files from MEGA’s servers and verifying them each time you visit the MEGA website. The executable client code runs directly from the user’s local machine, rather than being loaded from MEGA over TLS/SSL. Browser extension updates are cryptographically protected. For more information see section 2.2 of our whitepaper https://mega.io/SecurityWhitepaper.pdf.
Security reviewers can find our source code at https://mega.io/sourcecode.
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Useful for cloud syncing, easy to use
- Satisfactory storage size initially offered
- Desktop and mobile apps work well on older devices
- Does not consume much RAM and CPU
- Support team responds in a reasonable time
Cons
- Frequently crashes or displays errors
- Does not support larger file downloads efficiently
- Forces users to download extension or app to access certain features
- Issues with decryption of files and folders
- Interferes with other applications and websites
Most mentioned
- Inefficient downloading of larger files
- Forced installation of the extension to access certain features
- Issues with decryption
- Crashes or errors during use
- Interference with other sites and applications
Safety
Risk impact
MEGA is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install MEGA if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
MEGA has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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