[tahoe-dev] public backup grid

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Wed Jul 13 23:15:23 UTC 2011


Shawn Willden wrote at 2011-06-18 07:47 -0600:
> The reason for the secrecy and limited size is because Tahoe as yet has no
> way to prevent abuse.  With a small, closed community it's relatively easy
> to maintain a sense of fair play and to feel that your "neighbors" are
> trustworthy.

Since the benefits of Tahoe scale with size, this is a very serious 
limitation.

Indeed, with a small group, your files are apt to be at greater risk, 
rather than lesser risk.




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