Awesome! Now I have somewhere to send all my friends to illegally download my music!

*Sarcasm*

Cool service, though. Too bad I don't have much use for it.

Awww, yeah. I'm off to sign up right now... after a close inspection of the ToS, or course ;)

and by "for life" they mean until they go out of business... but hey, free is free.

Yay, somewhere to store my Quicken and TurboTax files!

I signed up, the main page after you login says it is paid until 2038 :V

Also this could be useful in a pinch, so thanks for the heads up

Will I use it...maybe. It's free, so it doesn't matter, so good job.

lies, all lies! i just signed up and it says "Paid Until: Jan 18th, 2038". That's not free for life, that's only 30 years. What happens 30 years from now when you've got me hooked and have all my files?

/sarcasm

i wouldnt use this for anything that has vital information such as finances

but quick place to store media files, hey why not

@wickedpixel: Lol, was about to post about that. :)

Their site is SLOW due to this sweet offer.

The 2038 limitation is probably a result of them using unix time to store their account expiration info. 32-bit unix time has a max date of 2038.

Huh. I guess they're running on 32-bit machines then...

It's interesting how tiny their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are. The full versions of each are:

"Terms of Use

The use of this service to upload copyrighted or illegal material is not allowed, and will be removed and the offending individual may be banned from using our services. FileSavr provides no warranty, expressed nor implied, and all services are provided as-is. Any individual utilizing the services provided by FileSavr does so at their own risk.

In accordance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), any material that an individual feels is in violation of copyright(s) may contact FileSavr, and if proper documentation is provided and we find that the material in question is of copyrighted material, FileSavr will immediately remove said material. Being a secondary party and strictly a file host, FileSavr is not responsible for material uploaded by users, but we will do our best to maintain quality control."

"Privacy Policy
Your email is not shared or sold to anyone. Only upload files that do not contain confidential information because anyone can guess the URL and download the file."

Compare that to MaegaUpload's 3 pages of Terms of Use and a Privacy Policy longer than two sentences. Does that concern anybody else?

@weakdome: They don't recommend storing private info using their service.

@KernelM: Not necessarily -- it could be a limitation of any element of the stack (os/language/database)

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Thanks!
I've been meaning to join one of these for a while, and this was exactly the kind of opportunity I've been waiting for. Like others have said - it'll come in handy in a pinch, even if it's not something I'll use every day.

@TheDude06: [Nelson voice] HA HA!

No, really, though, this is a good thing for people who store lots of media files or who want to store backups of downloaded custom content for games. Thanks a lot for the link.

I hope we live another 30 years. Or me, at least.

Strange... I signed up for an account, and it game me a page with a FileDropper logo. My spider-sense is tingling...

Doesn't work for me; keep getting
"Error: Duplicate entry for key 2"

Tried Firefox, IE and Chrome.

But it WAS free.....

@HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak: Yeah, I was wondering about that too. The filedropper site looks quite similar to filesavr.

There has to be a service that lets you upload whole folders, rather than individual documents!

Signed up, got right in, uploading already! Thanks for the Freebie, I needed a boost on an otherwise crappy Wednesday at work.

Oh, and I think weakdome was kidding about his financial info - if not, a simple warning won't help!

We only have a few more weeks before the LHC is fully active, so 30 years seems like overkill.

Never mind. (Too embarrassed to say how I screwed up.)

Bye now!

@Macroy: nice.

Thanks for the heads-up, Consumerist!

@KernelM: Not necessarily. Even on 64-bit machines, time_t is often defined as 32 bits. Widening it has compatibility issues for older software.

Didn't use any of my regular passwords just in case.

As for the file dropper/ file savr connection
I'm guessing that they're one and the same, file dropper would be pre-flickr buzz and file savr post flickr.

Whois on both is private, but with the same registrar.

Sign up was painless but my test upload 1.5mb pdf was slow as salamis on download could be a browser thing Ill keep testing it the price was right.

@RRich:
Aawe come on do you think your the only one who does dorky things

Signing up now. If nothing else I can use it as an off-site back up option for my files. Of course it's also helpful for passing alone a few choice files to friends... lets see... 16.3 gigs of pics... 38.4 gigs of vids, oh and then there's the games and music.

@wickedpixel: Or until they don't feel like it any more. Anybody remember "free checking" at WaMu?

Thanks. Signed up, nice & clean (Firefox w/ Adblock+ user). Did a test jpg upload; quick. It stored 4 cookies on my machine, no big deal. Didn't see any indication of security (did I miss something?), so I won't upload or store anything confidential.

If I'm still alive in 30 years, I'll be happy.

Signed up, ya never know when this will come in handy.

Thanks, Ben! - And Consumerist!

@wickedpixel:

For life... YOUR life or THEIR life?

"Whichever ends first"

One more place to stash my porn.

@usa_gatekeeper: It has security. After you upload the file, choose File Manager, then check a box next to a file you uploaded. It allows you to mark as private and/or set a password to access the file.

This is how all online service sign-ups should be. Username, password, email, TYVM.

@ceejeemcbeegee: Why not just take the folder you want to upload and compress (zip) it, and then upload it?

How do you give out a URL so you can share your files to others?
I always get [www.filesavr.com] no matter what file I choose

Signed up, tried to log on, got "Invalid login credentials or account no longer valid!" Can't seem to get past that.

The limitation is if they go "oops, we need money" and you need that file, you're gonna be paying.

I got the invalid credentials message once too - I tried again and had no trouble

@Hitchcock: OK, thanks. I see what you mean. I know, I know, "if all else fails, read the instructions..."

The registration is valid until 2038 because that is how long it would take to upload 250gb of material. Painfully slow.

@noncomjd: agreed. maybe the site is getting too much attention at the moment, but I don't think I would use this for anything large than a few MB given the speeds I am seeing.

I have tried a 110MB file 3 or 4 times and the furthest it got was 26% before epicly failing.

The price is right.. but Im not sure if I like this service...

From their About Us page:
"How long are the files kept? The files are kept forever as long as they are being downloaded."

They have no information as to what the time period is. If they delete files that aren't accessed every month or two, I don't think it will be too useful for me.

@Landru: Wait, I still have free checking at WAMU. Although I don't actually get checks, b/c they told me that if I still wanted the physical checks mailed to me every month, it was a diff type of acct than getting free checks. But someone else in my family gets free checks. And there's no fees at all.

Soo...it's still free checking at WAMU, as far as I know...Have you heard otherwise?

I signed up...we'll see how the service performs after Sept 15 (when they should be getting fewer hits)