2. Backblaze has not been asked by the NSA (or any other government agency) to provide any information on any of our customers.<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMoreover, as opposed to the data that you may have with Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and some of the \u201ccurrent providers,\u201d customer data that is backed up by Backblaze is encrypted on the customer\u2019s computer before being backed up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Similar to the statements by Google, Facebook, Apple, and others, I will say that prior to Thursday\u2019s news articles, none of us at Backblaze had heard of the NSA\u2019s PRISM. Backblaze is not even included on the list of \u201ccurrent providers\u201d in the leaked slide presentation. 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