How I Steal Storage Using Code :)

A simple project on top of the Telegram's API using Node.js to use it as an cloud storage similar to what Google Drive offers, but for free.
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[@s1nistr433]

"I found some libraries but they all lacked some or the other functionality" This is literally the JS ecosystem in a nutshell

[@stupidgeek]

For real

[@brentwilske9297]

My favorite part is you didnt bother to read the docs for download size before smashing out half the code for this monstrosity. truly one of us

[@stupidgeek]

That's our thing, right? 😁

[@ketaminefairy]

What I love about this type of videos is that I get to see the whole chain of problems a project comes with in just 5 minutes. This video was very well done, can't believe you're under 1k subs, keep it up man!

[@stupidgeek]

Thanks mate, means a lot :)

[@teddythecat0]

This guy motivates me to code something in python when i don't even have storage problems, Subscribed.

[@stupidgeek]

:D thankyou

[@jeffrey9916]

Bro didn't even know this is your first video, your commenting and editing skills are damm good. Keep up the good work 🙏

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou for the kind words :)

[@rkdeshdeepak4131]

You can also control an user , not just bot programatically, and use the mtproto api instead of bot api, then can upload/download 2 gb directly (either bot or user ). Pyrogram is a python library, supports that

[@stupidgeek]

That's cool, I'll consider switching to that then. Thankyou :)

[@v0xl]

you can get banned for controlling the user account directly but you *can* just control *bots* with mtproto (in fsct the bot api server is just a proxy that takes bot api reauests and turns them into mtproto requests)

[@rkdeshdeepak4131]

​@@v0xl you won't get banned for using the users with any more probability than using bots. In fact all telegram apps (official or unofficial ) works in the same way. That's why I said "also control an user", and to use MTPROTO instead of bot api. I know about bot api being proxy for mtproto and other info , I read it on pyrogram website.

[@user-oc6rn4px5t]

Telegram actively bothering to upload many files >30mb from the client. Sometimes I need to send 10-20 videos from my iPhone via TG. It starts smoothly, but on 2nd-3rd video it starts to freeze on first 30mb chunk of each video (so, first 30mb uploaded fast, and after that uploading stops with ethernal spinning of the progress bar). Resending files over and over helps. Premium subscription doesn't help. It seems that TG has some server-side algorithm that marks user as unwanted and starts to freeze uploads after first 30mb chunk with some probability. Maybe, this probability grows over time

[@janardannn]

i love this channel, keep pumping out more content

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou, definitely :)

[@oi3as]

one day dude you'll hit that 1M subscriber. great video. i enjoyed a lot

[@stupidgeek]

haha, thankyou, I'm glad :)

[@SpragginsDesigns]

Dude, I would love to help you out on projects. This looks absolutely like so much fun. Subscribed for sure.

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou, you can sure contribute after I open-source it.

[@soundzthevibewalker]

It's disgusting. I love it. Keep up the work

[@stupidgeek]

haha, thankyou :)

[@eric_so_good]

this is just amazing! Subscribed for this haha!

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou, appreciate that :)

[@deepakputhanpura1955]

I just saw this video after finishing my project. And yeah, for the first half of the video I went through the exact steps and issues. I created my own filesystem for my project and used a very basic CLI for interacting. I used Python for this project. Next plan in to build more features and probably a GUI

[@stupidgeek]

Good project, right? Keep working on it :D

[@pianomanrash]

Great idea and excellent video. Subbed.

[@stupidgeek]

Awesome, thank you :)

[@loftzo]

loved this idea and video format. what time tracker are you showing at 5:16? looks pretty cool

[@adamcvikl1393]

I think it's WakaTime, but I'm not sure wakatime.com

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :) and yes its wakatime

[@xyssxy]

telegram actually encrypts by default

[@stupidgeek]

yeah just got to know that when I opened the docs again, silly me :')

[@leandroalbero]

But who holds the key?

[@xyssxy]

@@leandroalbero you, locally

[@xE92vD]

They don't. The encryption is only enabled in "secret chats". But even if they do, their encryption is unsafe as it is unverified by experts. It's also proprietary garbage. Matrix would have been better. But filling up volunteering matrix servers with your gigabytes of data would be a dick move.

[@7heMech]

The servers are closed source, and if you've taken a look at the clients, they only encrypt things in secret chats, and the encryption is something they've come up with meaning it could have backdoors.

[@SiKKplays]

10/10 storytelling, would watch again.

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@tomy8390]

Your first upload and you are already making quality content ! :) Where could we see more of that code ?

[@stupidgeek]

Very soon, maybe in the sequel to this video :)

[@lolwildriftbro]

Amazing content man keep up the work 💪🏻

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou :)

[@air_ballon]

Very cool project . You deserve the sub, and it would be very great if you released it open source

[@stupidgeek]

thanks mate :), the code is mess right now to be honest 😂, i'll fix it and put a link soon or maybe a follow up video.

[@dairhat]

Please make this open source. Also, loved the video! I can't believe this is your first one :o

[@stupidgeek]

very soon :D Thankyou :)

[@J-S_93]

Keep the interesting side quests coming - you might stumble upon something and make a breakthrough. Who knows what useful piece of software you could come up with, perfect, and then share with us all.

[@stupidgeek]

suree :D

[@user-iz1dt5pm7d]

You can encrypt whole file, split and upload. In this way, no one can decrypt your file unless they construct it back from splits. To determine which chunk goes for which file, you can embed hash of your unsplitted file + two index bytes(65535 max values * 20mb per chunk / 1024 gives you over 1TB of encrypted data per file). Actually, better way is to embed this hash +index in message with file, so you won't need to download chunks to determine their original file. Yes, you would loose info about file name, but this can be safely splitted and embedded right into your chunks

[@user-iz1dt5pm7d]

And if you want even more safety, you can multiply your hash value in bytes by your index and store encrypted hash+chunk index

[@stupidgeek]

That's sounds good, I'll sure try it. Thankyou :)

[@7heMech]

During download you should have it send files into 20 mb chunks as well, and let client merge them

[@stupidgeek]

yessir should've done that. Thankyou for the suggestion :)

[@juliencalcada8474]

This exactly the type of stupids projects I like to do and live to watch. I sub right now ! 😎

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou XD

[@ITSALLELECTRONICS]

First video?? Damn this is good quality content

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@thecrazymoon6578]

The best feature about JS is its ecosystem

[@stupidgeek]

:D

[@kebien6020]

Have you considered creating a FUSE filesystem that uses this as a backend? That way you can mount the folder locally and open the files as if you had physically connected a drive to your PC. FUSE is a linux thing, but there are also windows bindings (WinFuse)

[@stupidgeek]

That's interesting, I'll try to use that :)

[@YodaComedy]

@@stupidgeek Dev Detour tried this and used this too :)

[@flixqtt]

Went to watch your other videos but sadly this was the only one, hope you upload more soon.

[@stupidgeek]

sorry, stay tuned :)

[@flixqtt]

@@stupidgeek you could try documentary content, your voice is great

[@stupidgeek]

@@flixqtt haha, nah, programming is enough for me :D

[@GjentiG4]

Great vid! What did you use to track the time spent on a project?

[@stupidgeek]

thanks mate, its a website called WakaTime, its like a dashboard for devs :)

[@TeiMaVi]

Oh man you have so great video edit

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou :)

[@amoron2162]

fire but on an update try planting the storage as a drive in your computer using it as a hella slow drive instead of that

[@stupidgeek]

sure thing, cool idea, thanks man :)

[@carl7411]

A very interesting project, great work! Also, what did you use to track time spent on the project?

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :) It's a website called WakaTime.

[@carl7411]

@@stupidgeek thank you!

[@littlefreak3000]

All the splitting an encryption stuff could have been solved just using standard zip segmenting and encryption. It would also decrease the size of the upload making it faster.

[@stupidgeek]

That's a good idea, I'll give it a try. Thankyou :)

[@1682hjdjdjdbeiensnsudhjs]

Nice project great editing

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@kipchickensout]

Kinda reminds me of using KZbin as a file system but in less cursed

[@NickyTyler-vc5iw]

amazing work

[@stupidgeek]

Thanks mate :)

[@matthewkeen6281]

nice

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou :)

[@antranquoc4568]

Nice project bro, what program do you use at 5:17?

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime :)

[@xtm1337]

nicee

[@stupidgeek]

thankyou :)

[@backiscute]

I actually have made a similar project a long time ago that im hosting with a full frontend. I also encountered a lot of issues and i just wanna say whenever you do decide to rewrite it don’t do the same mistake as me and USE STREAMS

[@stupidgeek]

I see, sure thing, thankyou for the advice :)

[@thatcat7113]

link it bro, I'm interested in trying it out

[@backiscute]

@@thatcat7113 Its private currently cause yk how people are they tend to upload weird stuff so i dont want to be held responsible

[@thatcat7113]

@@backiscute oh yeah that makes sense, true that's an issue

[@Niv54niv]

How did you get the project metrics at the end of the video?

[@stupidgeek]

Its a website called WakaTime

[@googlengineer]

If you use typescript your code should be clear than js. And you can another solve problem that 20mb limit (polling, 2gb is webhook). But all of those stuffs take a more time you can imagine

[@stupidgeek]

I see, I will sure use these tips, thankyou :)

[@human721]

Nezt time please use completely black background for the text comments so its nicer to look at it with oled screens

[@stupidgeek]

sure, thankyou :)

[@muqtda]

Love the video

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@Real_SSGyt]

Somebody already made an app for this Unlim Cloud but that stores the data in saved messages and nk encryption

[@fuzzy-02]

Me, with slow af internet:

[@stupidgeek]

:(

[@fuzzy-02]

@@stupidgeek don't worry, I can still "borrow" storage at night with this technique kekw

[@stupidgeek]

@@fuzzy-02 ;)

[@h3li0p4us3]

good job mate !

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@h3li0p4us3]

@@stupidgeek and u just gave me the idea for my first video xD

[@stupidgeek]

sure, go for it :)

[@kushagra0347]

What website/software/vs code extension/whatever is that you used at 5:16 ??

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime :)

[@kushagra0347]

@@stupidgeek nice! Thank you :D

[@user-zg2hu3ri2c]

So excited for your next video ?

[@stupidgeek]

working on it :D

[@seyedmortezakamali2597]

Nice

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@njbb6105]

How did you track the entire development time and get those graphs at the end?

[@stupidgeek]

just by memory, haha. The graphs are from website called WakaTime

[@njbb6105]

@@stupidgeek thanks a lot

[@stupidgeek]

@@njbb6105 you're welcome

[@flightman2870]

5:15 which app you used to measure your time spent on project ?

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime

[@oak___]

Whats the software that you used to track your project time and languages at the end of ur vid? Im a newbie :p

[@stupidgeek]

Its a website called WakaTime, welcomes to the zone btw hehe

[@oak___]

@@stupidgeek thank you! earned a sub ;)

[@hkstar2871]

@@stupidgeek thats cool man sub earned

[@stupidgeek]

@@oak___ thankyou :)

[@stupidgeek]

@@hkstar2871 thankyou :)

[@lubie_pomarancze7540]

What is the name of the music playing in the background? Anyone?

[@mhdsbk]

Hey.. how did you track your work hours. Nice video btw.

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :) its a website called wakatime

[@beloaded3736]

This was brilliant 👏

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Hii is there a way for simpletons to use these? Most of them are complex and I really don’t get how to use it. Would be nice if you could help me

[@stupidgeek]

Hey, sorry mate but at the moment I haven't put out the code for this thing yet because it's a little mess. One I fix it I'll put it out and sure add a very beginning friendly setup. At the moment its hard to be able to make even a second programmer understand what I have done 😂

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

@@stupidgeek Okayy thanks :)) you’re really sweet haha

[@kairu_b]

Great video

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@TITANBABY-rq3mr]

Bro, I've been trying to achieve the same but for some reason I'm unable to split the large files into small chunks. When trying it gets corrupted. Someone mind helping me a lil bit? 😭

[@RedOneM]

The time you put in such projects could have been wage hours towards a NAS with no strings attached.

[@immayurpanchal]

Entire video was superb. Just didn't understand the one part. Time stamp : 4:05. "Why don't I store just a single chunk which needs to be uploaded, encrypt the chunk, upload it and just delete the chunk, that's how it's gonna store only 20MB on the server"? Why only 20MB when the actual file is let's say 2GB? Is the @StupidGeek talking about the middle server which is responsible to the the encryption and has the other APIs to upload the data to the Telegram?

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou. The part you're talking about, I take the whole file from the client (frontend) split a 20mb chunk from it, encrypt it and upload it. When the upload is complete, I deleted that chunk from my server and continue to make further chunks from the same file. This process continues till I upload the whole file.

[@immayurpanchal]

@@stupidgeek Got it! Thanks a lot for your response.

[@stupidgeek]

@@immayurpanchal welcome :)

[@inderjotsingh5868]

Your server will store 20 MB file for each client , if there are more people won't it crash ?

[@stupidgeek]

This project isn't scalable, atleast what I created isn't. It was just a quick personal use of the API. If I work more on it, I'll sure do something about the storage on the server. Thankyou for the comment :)

[@yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

did you roll your own crypto?

[@JonnySolomon]

lmao i lost it at more chuncks

[@stupidgeek]

:'D

[@dalbyte]

your screen capture is interlace please fix it, i find your video very entertaining

[@stupidgeek]

Sorry about that, I fixed it right after the upload :)

[@medevesh]

Sir, please tell me the project Management software you are using. Thank you

[@stupidgeek]

Its a website called WakaTime :)

[@medevesh]

@@stupidgeek Thank you sir

[@0xhhhhff]

how did u track time spent in the last part of the video?

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime :)

[@hamzazaman18]

this technique is so great, too bad that telegram is banned in many countries.

[@stupidgeek]

:) :(

[@Terrifierr14]

Nah bro give us the bot this is so cool I wanna use it

[@stupidgeek]

patience, won't take too long :)

[@l4iamko]

step by step, not reading documentation, a journey.

[@stupidgeek]

:D

[@FaizanAnwerAli]

Care to share the code? Some very interesting things you've done that I like to learn

[@stupidgeek]

Yessir, soon after fixing some of these issues :)

[@theflamingarrow1833]

If I were you I would get this thing up and working and then I'd start selling the storage to make a profit.

[@stupidgeek]

That's a good idea haha

[@user-bb1cn1we1e]

Hi , Can you pls provide the name for your editing software

[@stupidgeek]

Hey, I use Davinci Resolve

[@OverdriveCz]

Audio name?

[@wilsonbeckstrand5970]

Very cool idea! Love the project! But aren't you worried about legal ramifications? This has got to be against their ToS.

[@baki9191]

Betraying the goodwill of these apps is going to lead to an even worse future

[@stupidgeek]

I looked through the terms of service, didn't find anything related to what I was doing so I think we are good. Also, I found that I'm not the first guy who has done this, people on GitHub done similar things :)

[@stupidgeek]

Comeon, its fun, it keeps the coding spirit alive :)

[@baki9191]

@@stupidgeek it's a really cool project, nothing against you personally. I really enjoyed the vid. Just commenting my worries I guess

[@stupidgeek]

@@baki9191 its alright, no need to worry :)

[@aniketsaha7273]

So at the end you didn't able to make it?

[@stupidgeek]

I did

[@benjaminlewis3903]

Where are the graphs he showed at the end from?

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime

[@psdhage1]

how did you found the time spent on this project?

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime :)

[@averagefactorioplayer]

Why is this video interlaced??

[@stupidgeek]

my screen recorder didn't want to work that day, had to record it on a cheap recorder :')

[@plissk3n1337]

How did you do the time tracking?

[@stupidgeek]

Using a website called WakaTime :)

[@baki9191]

Moral hazard

[@stupidgeek]

😥

[@weistrass]

How do you measure the time spent in the project?

[@stupidgeek]

It's a website called WakaTime :)

[@sixthsense844]

You do know Telegram deletes data every 6 months right? All chat history, files and media, same for bots. It's in the settings it can't be turned off but you can adjust the time, max is 6 months tho

[@stupidgeek]

It's only if you don't come online in the last 6 months :)

[@iHawke]

I haven't had anything deleted from me

[@tedchirvasiu]

5:15 - but it says 23 on the picture

[@stupidgeek]

yea, but its time spent in the previous week, the top right says the total time :)

[@RajarshiKhatua100]

unlim in andoid

[@ubitubee]

He he, not bad

[@stupidgeek]

Thankyou :)

[@rbt5664]

Typescript is the flaw

[@stupidgeek]

haha

[@user-zo7vu8dd2l]

teledrive left the chat

[@stupidgeek]

Found that after the upload 😂

[@dracula5752]

i hope you didn't use react for frontend

[@stupidgeek]

I did, in a hurry :') I'll use nextjs or something now

[@alphauae420]

or.... you could just compress them into 1 file

[@stupidgeek]

That will result in date loss, but still I'll try it out, thankyou :)

[@Anto-mi5pn]

How do you get those GitHub analytics?

[@stupidgeek]

Those are my vs code analytics, you get these using a website called WakaTime.

[@Anto-mi5pn]

@@stupidgeek Damn, sweet.

[@stupidgeek]

@@Anto-mi5pn :)

[@agentcripper]

whats up adam britet

[@PirnazarovDostonbek]

wait for limitations from Telegram ((

[@vishaludubey0529]

complete this

[@rhythmshandlya9307]

Only a psychopath ill not share the repo URL in description!

[@stupidgeek]

sorry but I don't think it's worth sharing in the state/condition it is in rn XD. I'll share it soon after I fix some of the issues.

[@r0o0di.]

how tf only 600 subs

[@stupidgeek]

Sad right?

[@caltissue141]

I would pay the cost of an external drive to avoid going through this lmao

[@stupidgeek]

you can do all this for free so its kinda fun ;)

[@YodaComedy]

Dev Detour beat you to it.

[@stupidgeek]

Forreal :D

[@YodaComedy]

@@stupidgeek :D

[@lel7531]

Looking good, looking juicy

[@stupidgeek]

it is xD

[@dhrumil5977]

Please A Tut on How to steal ram and GPU 😞

[@stupidgeek]

Gotta hack Amazon or something :')

[@dhrumil5977]

@@stupidgeek 🥲🫂