WeTransfer Ensh*tified

[judas]

Anyone else using this service to transfer sensitive files, or just stuff you don't want in the public domain? If so, you may want to find another provider. The latest TOS give WeTransfer unfettered access to your content for both machine learning, and to make and distribute derivative works without payment.



https://wetransfer.com/explore/legal/terms

Reddit discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/editors/comments/1lzvs38/...

Another vulture capitalist enshi*tification land grab. Vote with your wallet.

[Derek Smith]

judas said:

Anyone else using this service to transfer sensitive files, or just stuff you don't want in the public domain? If so, you may want to find another provider. The latest TOS give WeTransfer unfettered access to your content for both machine learning, and to make and distribute derivative works without payment.



https://wetransfer.com/explore/legal/terms

Reddit discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/editors/comments/1lzvs38/...

Another vulture capitalist enshi*tification land grab. Vote with your wallet.

Thanks for the warning.

And they charge you when they take your rights from you.

[simon_harris]

I expect they are relying on nobody noticing the change

[RSTurboPaul]

Wasn't WeTransfer offering a free service option?

I always took the view that if something is free, you are the product

[JoshSm]

Got to admit that even on a platform I'd trust I'd still encrypt before uploading - I'm not that trusting!

I'll generally assume they have the technical capability to access data so I'm going to assume the worst regardless of the T&C.

This update just demonstrates why having zero trust is a good idea.

[phil4]

JoshSm said:

Got to admit that even on a platform I'd trust I'd still encrypt before uploading - I'm not that trusting!

I'll generally assume they have the technical capability to access data so I'm going to assume the worst regardless of the T&C.

This update just demonstrates why having zero trust is a good idea.

And that's how you give them the finger, use the service for free, but encrypt what you send so they can't read and profit from it.

[judas]

Not seen anything about this on the tech news sites so far, so I've emailed The Register, Ars Technica, and The Verge with a heads-up.

Would be good to see some decent coverage of this; hopefully it will encourage them back down.

[JoshSm]

phil4 said:

JoshSm said:

Got to admit that even on a platform I'd trust I'd still encrypt before uploading - I'm not that trusting!

I'll generally assume they have the technical capability to access data so I'm going to assume the worst regardless of the T&C.

This update just demonstrates why having zero trust is a good idea.

And that's how you give them the finger, use the service for free, but encrypt what you send so they can't read and profit from it.

Or if it's free to upload just pollute it with garbage or random generated noise for their AI to chew on.

[8bit]

Saw this on Instagram just now and came here to post about it. Anyone aware of a decent, non-evil alternative?

[judas]

They're now in backtracking/damage control mode.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8mp79gyz1o

Still complete bullst.

[8bit]

Got an email from WeTransfer this morning notifying of a change in the TOS, I imagine most other people in this thread did too. I clicked through and rear the blog post about the changes:

https://wetransfer.com/blog/story/wetransfer-terms...

TL;DR - they very clearly state that they won't use customer content for AI training and won't sell customer content to third parties but clearly do not state that they won't use customer content for their own commercial purposes. I'm not sure I agree with their assertion that they need a licence from customers simply to provide their service (just to transfer files) but IANAL etc.

I'm still binning them anyway.

[judas]

Reported in El Reg

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/18/llm_product...

I even got quoted