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| Thread ID: 122937 | 2012-01-22 05:08:00 | Securely sharing or sending a large number of documents - MegaUpload equivalents?? | Chikara (5139) | Press F1 |
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| 1255451 | 2012-01-22 05:08:00 | Hi all I'm a kiwi but working overseas for a while, and I need to send my accountant back in NZ a number of files - mostly .pdf scans of financial details - for tax purposes. There are too many of them/too large to email. What is the best way I can send them to him, securely?? I was originally thinking of putting them in a single password protected .zip file and upload to MegaUpload. But the events of the last week have put paid to that plan (Wish the US authorities wouldnt punish the people who have legitimate uses for sites like this..sigh..they dont realise it's not just pirates that use them...anyway...) What other alternatives are there? Do any of the other file sharing sites work the same way? Ideally, i'd like to have a internet accessible folder called 'tax' or something like that... and then put all the pdf's in two or three subfolders below. But access to the folder and subfolders and files requires a password. (Rather than putting all pdf's into one big huge password protected zip file). As this contains confidential info, I need to make sure that only the person with the correct password can see the files - they shouldnt show up on Google seaches/indexing or be accessed by anyone else not having the password. I looked at Skydrive, but I don't think this can do this if the person I am sharing with is not a Windows Live contact? I know I could post them back on a CD, but i'd like to do it the way I described above, so I can easily add and remove docs in the future. Any suggestions on how I can acheive this?? |
Chikara (5139) | ||
| 1255452 | 2012-01-22 06:11:00 | Zip them / or use 7-zip. Then they may not be that large. Or use Hotmail, or Gmail | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1255453 | 2012-01-22 06:12:00 | Haha I just wrote something like this for our company to use, perhaps I should look at uploading the code and making a Google Code Project outta it so that other companies can do the same thing. Basically it's used as a 'secure' way to email files to customers and have them send it to you too, just through a web form. In the mean time there's many others like hotfile / rapidshare. If it's financials then I wouldn't use those personally, even password protected files can be broken into. What you really want is to just compress them properly when scanning... Or, zip the lot up as a "split archive" and split them in to 9MB parts (10MB seems to be the unofficial standard that most places support). Once you've done that you can right-click on each file, go Send-To --> Email Recipient, then just type in the email address and hit send (It'll fire up your default mail client). Another thing you can do is setup a Gmail account that you and your accountant both use, and just email the files from this gmail account to itself. Then have them login after and download them. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1255454 | 2012-01-24 13:24:00 | Yahoo email uses a service from https://www.yousendit.com/ when you want to send large files | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1255455 | 2012-01-24 19:11:00 | You can try something like Box (www.box.com) 5.0 GB storage Create a free account, upload the files, then tell the accountant the username and password and they log in, download them. You have the options to share files if you want with links or not share - hence the user name and log in details. Theres also Windows skydrive (explore.live.com) 25GB Storage. People may shudder at Windows storage, but at least theres a lot less chance of it closing down like megaupload ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1255456 | 2012-01-24 20:23:00 | M$'s skydrive is nice, what about dropbox, you could make a tax folder and send a public link, i'm pretty sure you can do that. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1255457 | 2012-01-25 03:44:00 | I use Boxnet, not sure if its the same as what Wainuitech suggested. | ollieogg (6593) | ||
| 1255458 | 2012-01-25 08:28:00 | What about some old fashioned solutions? 1) Encrypt or password zip 2) Burn to CD or onto a password protected USB drive. 3) Snail mail to the accountant - easiest at their end. They may not appreciate a digital challenge simply to download your files from some obscure service. This way if the disc/drive goes astray, probably in the hands of only one person, who's unlikely to have the skills or desire to crack the contents. Online however it's exposed to any number of hackers/crackers who do have access to all the tools they need. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1255459 | 2012-01-28 14:29:00 | Hi all, thanks for the suggestions, sorry for the late reply, for some reason i didn't get my usual email notification of replies to the thread. Initially I was going to do snail mail on a CD, but I would prefer to do it electronically. That way, if there is extra documents he asks for after the first lot, i can just add them to the same folder - rather than burn and snail mail again. And anyway, there is still a risk of the CD getting lost or delayed in the mail. After reading the replies, and reasearching a bit more, I think Skydrive might be the best way - no-one can access that folder without the correct link (which is pretty secure) and it wont show up on internet searches - and I will of course also password protect the files in there as a second layer of protection. Once he's confirmed he's downloaded them, I can then delete them. Thanks all, for the suggestions. |
Chikara (5139) | ||
| 1255460 | 2012-01-29 02:16:00 | Mail it. | pctek (84) | ||
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