the use case discussed in the article seems to be exactly the one for tarsnap (http://www.tarsnap.com/ http://www.tarsnap.com/), that is encrypted remote backup

the use case discussed in the article seems to be exactly the one for tarsnap (http://www.tarsnap.com/ http://www.tarsnap.com/), that is encrypted remote backups. the only upside is this this awkward setup is free (or ~ 1 dollar a month cheaper), though at the cost of being much more adhoc.