BitTorrent Sync

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BitTorrent Sync is a simple way to sync files across your devices; free from the slow speed and size limits that are standard with some traditional cloud-based solutions. It provides a way to sync files between your different devices, or selectively share files and folders with different people. Learn more about this nifty program after the break...



Last July, BitTorrent Sync Beta was introduced. Since then, over 30 petabytes of data have been synced, user base is growing to over a million monthly active users. In many ways, you can think of it as a free alternative to Dropbox. You install the software on your different devices (Windows, Linux, OSX, Android, iOS), and it automatically keeps selected folders in sync. You can also chose to transfer files in one direction so that changes in the destination folder are not synced back to the source.

The biggest difference between BitTorrent Sync and Dropbox is that there are no central servers with BitTorrent. Files are transferred directly between your different devices.

By ditching the cloud, BitTorrent doesn’t incur the same costs for centralized servers and storage that Dropbox does. As Dropbox usage increases, these costs may increase. With BitTorrent Sync they do not.

The practical benefit is that BitTorrent can offer a free or very cheap product. Its only costs are for software development and marketing rather than infrastructure. With Sync you can transfer as much as you want to as many people as you want with no monthly storage charges, and that’s pretty great!

Now, at this point you’re probably thinking this is too good to be true and that there are going to be all sorts of security and privacy concerns. After all, there’s a lot of misconceptions about BitTorrent and piracy.

So forget everything you know about torrents. Sync is a totally different program than your usual BitTorrent client. With Sync, bits of your files aren’t scattered around on hundreds or thousands of different computers. The files are only stored on and transferred between devices you authorize.

Further, your files are encrypted (AES cypher and a 256-bit key) using security keys that can be automatically generated or set manually. Since your data is never stored on someone else’s server, it may be even more secure than alternatives like Dropbox. If you are concerned about PRISM, this will be certainly be appealing.

The latest version which is 1.2 has the following features:

  1. Sync is now 2X faster than before
  2. Sync for iOS7 and iPad
  3. Other performance improvements
  4. Bug fixes


For more details and to try it out, visit this site.

BitTorrent Sync


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