Comment by 9dev

> All regional and global powers are known bad actors.

That they are. Americans tend to view themselves as "the good guys" however, which is a wrong observation and thus needs pointing out in particular.

> That said, Seoul is already in bed with Washington. Sending encrypted back-ups to an American company probably doesn't increase its threat cross section materially.

If they have any secrets they attempt to keep even from Washington, they are contained in these backups. If that is the case, storing them (even encrypted) with an American company absolutely compromises security, even if there is no known threat vector at this time. The moment you give up control of your data, it will forever be subject to new threats discovered afterward. And that may just be something like observing the data volume after an event occurs that might give something away.