[tahoe-dev] Stupid question: How can I keep my own data private?

[Jim Dorrington]

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.

Simply stated I would like to be able to backup and retrieve my data from
"the cloud". 

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.

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! 

I assume they can do the same with my data as well. 

How can I keep my own data private?

Do I have to create my own "Grid"? 

If not how do I locate and join a grid where my data is private?

Many thanks.

 

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