If the NSA offered free backups, would you use them?

So, I'm not the only one. ;-)

I'm thinking something functionally identical to Backblaze, but with versions going back to the 1950s.

I'd love to be able to go back and read all my emails and BBS messages, I'm sure they're all sitting in Utah, and I paid for them to be there, after all.

I don't think that there's any use in arguing about encrypting before the backups, they'll break it no matter what.

If it’s via an NSA app I have to download, then hell no.

If they provide dumb file storage, so I can write my own script to compress and encrypt stuff before uploading via a standard protocol, then maybe? Other backup services are available, as they say, but they’d either be paid or (probably) sketchier.

If authenticated encryption is allowed, absolutely.

NSA would probably be very secure against criminals and hackers. If authenticated encryption is not enough, NSA, other clouds services are on same category against big brother snooping.

it already exist, they have various flavors

- Google Drive

- iCloud Drive

- OneDrive

Free source control too: GitHub

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act

Possibly. Can I be certain that

1. They will protect them so only I can access them?

2. Not secretly modify them?

3. I can receive a copy whenever I need one?

Yes. But would encryption be allowed? If not, how would they know if the data was encrypted?

Who says they don't? Who says I'm not?

Is it free? Yeah they will have some of the most talented people looking after the infrastructure, would be fine to backup non sensitive stuff. Pictures of my cat etc.