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@jesse I've used several services. I haven't used Backblaze. It's been a while. I'd check out some reviews sites or search "backblaze sucks" and see why real people don't like it. @steve Let's all say it together: "F-U-D". In some cases, the benefit of a third party service outweighs the cost of the security risk. Should you attempt to roll your own business continuity or disaster recovery backup/restore mechanism, or leave it to the professionals albeit with some security risk? Requisite bad analogy: Do you hesitate to hire an accountant because he must be granted access to your financial records? > guarantee You have a guarantee that you or your hardware won't screw it up? A lot of services are in use by many many clients. They have much more invested in not screwing it up. > bankrupt Are you less likely to go bankrupt perpetually upgrading/managing your own backup system? You should definitely check out the company, no fly-by-night places. > removal It's ten o'clock, do you know where your all data is? Probably not. Laptops, smartphones, and thumbdrives are much more likely to cause you business continuity trouble via misuse of data. > subpoena Data on your server has more safe harbor? Doubt it. > encrypted Encrypt transmission of course, but I'd venture if the backup service can't see your data, all you've got is offsite storage. That is, not a backup/restore service.