Opacity Blockchain Storage OPQ Review. Oyster Protocol. Is OPQ a scam?

Opacity is a cloud storage service offered by Opacity Storage Inc, a US-based corporation. Opacity offers client-side encrypted cloud storage, that’s more private than that offered by Dropbox, Google Drive & co. However, because of its many drawbacks, Opacity fails to be a competitive secure cloud storage service. Virtually any other privacy-focused cloud storage service ends up being a better alternative to Opacity. Here’s why.

First of all, Opacity stores all your information on Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc servers “Opacity utilizes major cloud storage providers to store user files”. That alone is certainly something that might raise some concerns.

Secondly, Opacity is a US-based company. The United States (unlike Europe, where companies like Tresorit, pCloud or Internxt are based), is known for its aggressive privacy violations. “The Cloud Act, signed into law in March 2018, is an Act to provide trans-border access to communications data in law enforcement investigations. The Act’s history begins with a privacy dispute between Microsoft and the U.S. government, a case in US Supreme Court which concerns whether law enforcement can access communications content under current U.S. law”.

Finally, Opacity users need to store a private key and use a cryptocurrency to pay for its service, which is also highly complex to use (companies like Internxt have managed to offer a more secure alternative to Opacity, that’s actually decentralized, and that it’s easy to use). Its user experience isn’t good at all. They lack a mobile and desktop app, and its web app is slow, hard to use, and it lacks many functionalities. Opacity might be able to reach a really small number of users, but it will very likely not be able to reach any significant amount of users (which might make the company close down due to a lack of funding)

So, from a security perspective, services like Internxt, Tresorit, or pCloud are significantly better alternatives. These providers do not store data on Google / Amazon / Microsoft-owned servers. Although they all use client-side encryption, the fact that “Opacity utilizes major cloud storage providers to store user files” is highly worrying. Additionally, Internxt uses distributed-ledger technology to fragment the files prior to being uploaded to its network. Internxt counts with a decentralized network of machines distributed all over the globe, that securely stores encrypted data shards. That makes files uploaded to Internxt be even more secure than those uploaded to Tresorit or pCloud, which are centralized and use a more traditional approach to that implemented by Internxt. Additionally, with Internxt you can either pay with directly with its cryptocurrency or with EUR / USD / GBP, etc. When a user pays in fiat currency, Internxt uses part of those earnings to automatically buy Internxt tokens from the market in order to pay storage nodes. Internxt’s development is completely transparent and is accessible on GitHub. Internxt’s user experience is also significantly superior to that of Opacity Storage. You can try that out yourself too. Internxt counts with highly intuitive mobile, desktop and web apps.

All in all, in my opinion, Internxt has managed to develop the world’s only attractive, highly secure, distributed cloud storage service, that’s already being used by thousands of active users every day.

Sidenote. Read about Opacity’s involvement with Oyster Protocol, a blockchain company that exit-scammed a few months ago. Learn more here “SCAM ALERT: OPACITY STORAGE (OPQ) — OYSTER PROTOCOL (PRL)”