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How can Ito anonymously share data?

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How can I anonymously share data?

Disclaimer: This is a thought-experiment and I have no intention of releasing any data this way, nor do I have any interesting data to release.


Let's say that a person wants to share data anonymously in a way that people can download the data without it linking back to the source. Let's say the data wasn't illegally obtained, it's not illegal to hold a copy of the data (at least in the US and Europe), the data is of general interest to the public, and it's a modest size (on the order of 1GB).

The typical data-releasing ideas aren't appropriate:

  • pastebin has an upload max of 0.5 MB

  • github, datahub.io, etc all require registration of some sort. I could create fake accounts and fake email addresses, but let's say that requires too much effort or I'm too paranoid.

  • wikileaks wouldn't be interested. Let's say it's not whistle-blower data or anything even close to being controversial.

  • anonymous uses torrents, which could work, except let's say the person doesn't want to get involved with darknet stuff.

What are some ways a person can anonymously release data that doesn't track back to the source?