WeTransfer just changed their ToS to allow them to train AI on any files you transfer through them.
Don't use there service, especially for work that you don't have the right to relicense to them (e.g., commercial work that's exactly the most likely to create the huge files WeTransfer specializes in).
(ETA: this is already going boom so I'm muting it.)
@Morpurgo @mwl That's because they have servers in US (Texas) and EU (Germany). As new user you can pick which ones you want to use, before this they defaulted to US and you could later migrate to EU for a small fee.
At least that is applicable for their account storage, can't say what's the default for pCloud Transfer.
pCloud AG is a Swiss company otherwise.
@mwl i use my #Nextcloud Instance. To Share any File with Full Control over it. Also i can create Dropoff Link if needed. So the Recipient of the Link can Upload the Files secure and directly to me.
In my company i see that some customers use #swisstransfer as alternative.
@Beleggrodion I'm also happy I set up a self-hosted NextCloud instance last month...
I used WeTransfer extensively in May-June with my interns, sharing with them various cuts of the Fediverse promo video.
Ugh I will for sure never use that site again
@mwl In case someone needs a tl;dr:
> You hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use your Content for the purposes of operating, developing, commercializing, and improving the Service or new technologies or services
> Such license includes the right to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, broadcast, communicate to the public, publicly display, and perform Content.
Thanks for sharing the relevant quote from their terms of service. I was going to ask what kind of language one has to look out for because there's no "training", "LLM", or "artificial" to be found.
Wondering how many times I may have "accepted" terms like these already 😓
@oliver_schafeld here you go:
> including to improve performance of machine learning models that enhance our content moderation process, in accordance with the Privacy & Cookie Policy. Such license includes the right to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, broadcast, communicate to the public, publicly display, and perform Content. You will not be entitled to compensation for any use of Content by us under these Terms.
The combination of those sections is alarming
@stealthradek thank you for sharing this!
It's puzzling how these actions can be legal in the EU. I wonder what the @EUCommission thinks about this?
@llanciawn @mwl It's a internet term for cutting the garbage out and pointing straight to the core. I didn't wanted for folks to have to read the entire policy so I've extracted the juice and posted directly here.
@mwl Another alternative https://wormhole.app/
They do claim end to end encryption, so they should not be able to access your data. I have not validated this myself but have somewhat trust in the backing company.
Still if you are going to use a public file sharing service I would always make sure to add my own layer of security if and when it is needed.
@alstonvicar @mwl I’ll toss mine in here https://wsend.net
I also wrote a wrapper to end-to-end encrypt your file with gpg
@mwl
SEND is better for privacy ed everitingh else
Ah, WeTransfer the file-sharing transfer service! What an unexpected change in your ToS! And by unexpected, I mean, COMPLETELY EXPECTED!
You are probably wondering if there are any viable alternatives to file transferring services that don't rely on the use of artificial intelligence to steal data? Well, BEHOLD! MY WARPINATOR, AH HAHAHAHAHAHA! With it, I will be able to transfer files seamlessly from one device to the other on the same network without any delay!
@mwl
If you are a researcher* in the Netherlands and want to send large files, you can use SURFfilesender instead of #wetransfer.
Up to 2GB file size (and up to 1TB with HTML5 browsers) - for free!
Don't let your #researchdata end up as unauthorized AI training data, use #OpenSource based solutions instead.
*or anyone else with SURF access
Very good point. I've also updated my post.
I used file.pizza yesterday to receive a 4.2gb file free of charge. Both sender / receiver's browsers must stay open as it is a direct connection, though.
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