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I like the idea, however this seems like a feature DropBox could add easily. Unless you're giving me all the technical details of how it's encrypted, NSA can't get it or you will go down like LavaBit etc.. (not true with DropBox) I don't see the value in adding another app/service to the mix - For me, others might have a different take.

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Torpedo isn't intended to replace DropBox. We just think about file sharing a little differently – we'd rather think of it the way sharing files over IM is supposed to work (which it doesn't), or the way AirDrop works.

We personally don't use DropBox, but a lot of people do. Hopefully DropBox will add the feature for those users, but I think they solve a different problem and it's probably not a priority to them.

We'll get an FAQ section up on the site with the questions from this thread, all good feedback.

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