You can create encrypted node keys without the api.. So data can safely be stored / shared: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/25823-generate-encrypted-read-only-secret-without-api-key/ Do the normal "Add a Sync Folder",click "Generate", but change the first letter of the "Folder sercet" from "A" to "D" (see 1 and 2),set the "Folder to sync", click "OK",right click on that folder from the list,click "Show Folder Preferences",copy the "Read only secret" (see 3),paste it into Notepad(or other text editor),"Encrypted Read-Only Secret" is the first 33 char of that string with the first letter changed from a "E" to "F" (see 3 and 4)real example this time. 1) AR7GC6JIVCTKG2XNPM7GGOSV3FI5BDDNH2) DR7GC6JIVCTKG2XNPM7GGOSV3FI5BDDNH3) EYF7Y3OOYZEZALVLFDQDAARXQTV2HO7IZCO2V2ZRZEAN32VY7RFH7HGOKRI4) FYF7Y3OOYZEZALVLFDQDAARXQTV2HO7IZ