Jenn has a subscription with a distributed
storage provider. For a monthly fee, she can store up to 200 megabytes
of files on the Internet, and pull down whatever she needs when
she needs it from anywhere in the world. Jenn knows that it is
smart to protect her files, no matter what assurances are built
into the subscription contract. So she keeps them privatized in
small groups (usually a directory in each privacy archive).
Jenn does not even carry a laptop anymore
on her travels. She needs only a portable USB hard drive, weighing
a few ounces and taking up hardly any room at all. She has her
reconstitution files set to work on any computer, but offsets
the risk by requiring a complicated passphrase. When Jenn needs
some files, she finds a computer with the software she needs,
and selects the reconstitution file that will retrieve the files
she needs from the servers of her distributed storage provider.
