How to Use TinyURL to Store Huge Data Online Anonymously
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, October 25, 2005
Java Software - TinyDisk provides a way to store large amount of data anonymously (write once - read multiple times - delete admin only) on the internet.
It overlays a write-once-read-many anonymous, persistent and globally shared filesystem. Once something is uploaded, only the database admin can delete it. Everyone can read it. No one can know who created it. Think of it as a magical CD-R that gets burned and placed on a network.
TinyDisk exploits TinyURL’s service. However it can be used with homegrown variant - NanoURL too.
Conceptually it is similar to Eternity Service.
What is interesting is that it can be easily exploited as an alternative to P2P. Any service which allows you to store data over the internet (like Amazon Reviews) can be potentially exploited to serve as file storage for TinyDisk.
A tdf file is created which contains cluster information for the actual file (similar to Bittorrent). A sample tdf file.
The full anonymity can be realized by accessing TinyURL over an anonymous proxy or Tor.
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