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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 15318575" data-attributes="member: 218596">[YOUTUBE]BVI8nP_VbxE#at=112[/YOUTUBE]             BitTorrent Sync Goes Beta, Includes Mobile                                                                                 <img src="http://media.bestofmicro.com/bittorrent-sync,E-N-393215-1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />BitTorrent announced on Wednesday that BitTorrent Sync  has moved into beta. It's essentially a P2P client for your local  network, allowing users to sync files between connected devices for  sharing and backup purposes. Folders that sync are connected by a common  "secret", or rather a private key, that is unique for every sync  folder. To sync a specific folder to other devices, the user first clicks  "Generate" to create a new secret. This secret must be then entered on  all the devices the user wants to sync. If a BitTorrent Sync user is  joining an already established sync network, they must enter an existing  secret that someone has shared. Users can also choose to generate a  read-only secret for synchronizing information from one device only, and  a one-time key that can be used only once and expires after 24 hours."You can use it for remote backup," the company said on Wednesday.  "Or, you can use it to transfer large folders of personal media between  users and machines; editors and collaborators. It’s simple. It’s free.  It’s the awesome power of P2P, applied to file-syncing."Now that BitTorrent Sync is in beta, the team has introduced two new  features: mobile apps and an archive capability for retrieving previous  versions of synced files. For starters, BitTorrent is only offering an  Android app during the beta's launch (iOS is expected to follow soon),  allowing users to sync folders with computers, send files to other  mobile devices with BitTorrent Sync installed, or back up pictures and  videos.<img src="http://media.bestofmicro.com/bittorrent-sync,E-J-393211-13.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Setup  is easy. After installing the app, users must select or create a  destination folder on their Android device to sync – one on a mounted  secondary SD card would be ideal. After that, the user must generate a  QR code on the folder to be synced on the PC. This code is scanned by  the BitTorrent Sync Android app, thus connecting the two devices. Throw  an MP3 album into the folder on the PC, and it's automatically uploaded  to the Android device's SD card. To sync files outside the local  wireless network, users must turn on "Use Cellular Data" in the Settings  menu to enable file syncing on a 3G or 4G connection.As for SyncArchive, it's a feature that's been in high demand ever since the alpha launched in April.  The team describes it as a basic versioning capability, and will  include a folder where users can see all previous versions of their  files. It's unobtrusive and searchable, the team said, and will evolve  over time. <img src="http://media.bestofmicro.com/bittorrent-sync,E-L-393213-13.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"BitTorrent  Sync was designed to solve for what we see as real, fundamental  challenges to data synchronization: limitations on speed, size, and  space; limitations on file security and dependency on cloud  infrastructure," the team said. "Because BitTorrent Sync is based on the  principles of the BitTorrent protocol, you can sync as many big files  as you want. Transfers are encrypted, and information isn’t stored on  any server, or in the cloud. Your content belongs to you, and stays on  devices of your choice. That’s the way syncing should work."For now, BitTorrent Sync works on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or later,  Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) or newer (32 and 64-bit) and Linux with kernel  2.6.16 (glibc 2.4) or newer on ARM/PPC/i386/x86_64. The client can also  be installed on NAS devices running on Linux with ARM, PowerPC, i386 and  x86_64 architecture.<img src="http://media.bestofmicro.com/bittorrent-sync,E-K-393212-13.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The  team said that users can sync unlimited files of any size between their  own devices, or share a folder with friends or family. That suggests  the 21-byte keys can be given to anyone outside the local network, and  is a stronger, more secure method than using the typical login/password  combination. This key is Base32-encoded in order to be readable by  humans, the team said."There are rare cases when peers can’t talk directly. This usually  happens when devices are in an office behind strong firewalls," the team  said. "In such a case BitTorrent provides a relay server to route  traffic between peers. All traffic is AES encrypted with your secret, so  there is no chance for us to see any of your data. You can opt out of  this, but it could result in peers not being able to network with each  other."We contacted the BitTorrent Sync team to verify that folders can be  shared with other computers outside the home network – obviously it's  possible with an Android smartphone. For instance, could someone create a  folder, throw in a plethora of family pictures, generate a key, and  sync that folder to family members (mom) in another state?"That very scenario you describe is exactly the inspiration behind  Sync," a BitTorrent rep said in an email. "The engineer wanted to share  photos with his family and friends. And yes, as long your mom has Sync  loaded up she will automatically get anything you put into a shared  folder once she has the key."Will this solution open the door to a next-generation of illegal file sharing? According to an FAQ on how BitTorrent Sync works,  files can be viewed and received only by the people with whom the user  shares their private secret (key). That means it's possible to set up a  shared folder full of illegal content, and provide a read-only key on a  forum for users to sync."If you are concerned about security, BitTorrent Sync provides  opportunity to regularly generate new Secrets for a folder, or replace  an existing secret with your own Base64 string more than 40 characters  long. The new folder Secret should be re-entered on all the devices in  sync," the FAQ reads.In a separate email, BitTorrent had this to say about online privacy.  "With all of the NSA and PRISM developments of late, consumers are more  keenly aware of online privacy and digital security issues," the  company stated. "As BitTorrent Sync doesn’t rely on servers, your data  is never exposed to prying eyes. No servers also means Sync does not  contribute to the environmental and energy concerns that have surfaced  with the cloud.""Likewise, Sync is built in such a way that the product will never  shut down," the company added. "The software will be as usable (and  free) in the future as it is today. The user is always in control of  their own data."Since April 2013, more than 8 petabytes of data has been synced  between BitTorrent Sync Alpha users. To put that into context, the  Internet Archive, one of the World Wide Web’s largest repositories of  media, houses 10 petabytes of data. BitTorrent Sync is already a huge  success, and it's about to get even bigger now that the service has  kicked into beta.Desktophttp://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.htmlAndroidhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bittorrent.sync</blockquote>

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