Space-time separated and jointly evolving relationship-based network access and data protection system

A system for protecting a data file stored in a cloud based storage system, comprising:

• computer-executable software code stored on one or more non-transitory data storage devices for:
• authenticating a synchronous password received by a plurality of computing devices, a first portion of the synchronous password being received by one of the plurality of computing devices, and a second portion of the synchronous password being received by another of the plurality of computing devices;
• encrypting a selected data file using a key determined through the use of a space-time jointly evolving function generated by one of the plurality of computing devices;
• splitting the selected data file into a plurality of file fragments;
• storing each of the plurality of file fragments in a random location on the plurality of computing devices;
• and
• generating an index file that includes a file storage path for each file fragment and a security key for each file fragment, the index file configured to be used to merge the plurality of file fragments into the selected data file.