> I guess I would feel more secure than I do now if I could 
> encrypt my data and
> then hand it off to someone who would store it on widely 
> separated backup farms
> (USA, Europe, Australia?).


You could always encrypt your data and upload it on Freenet
(http://freenet.sourceforge.net/).  That way it will always exist
(hopefully), and you can get it from anywhere in the world.  Anyone can get
it, but they still have to be able to decrypt it.  :)

Jay