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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Having spent the past three days reading up on Tahoe-LAFS and successfully installing it on Ubuntu, I’m afraid I’m still nowhere near achieving my goals, perhaps because I may have misunderstood it’s purpose.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Simply stated I would like to be able to backup and retrieve my data from “the cloud”. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Currently (before Tahoe) I compress and encrypt about 500MB of critical data and then upload this to a conventional online storage service provider on a weekly basis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>I would like to do this with Tahoe-LAFS, but having experimented with the Test Grid, I must have misunderstood how it works because I found that, while I was able to upload and download my own data, I was also able to do this with other people’s data! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>I assume they can do the same with my data as well. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>How can I keep my own data private?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Do I have to create my own “Grid”? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>If not how do I locate and join a grid where my data is private?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>