If you’ve signed in with a Microsoft account, your disk is likely already encrypted, and the key is likely already stored on ...

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Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access ...

The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise ...

Some call Microsoft move "simply irresponsible" ...

Discover a step-by-step guide on how to setup Windows 11 BitLocker on external USB drives. Protect your data with easy ...

Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data.

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

Microsoft has acknowledged that it can provide U.S. law enforcement agencies with access to BitLocker encryption keys when ...

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...

BitLocker is a disk encryption feature in Windows that protects your data by encrypting entire drives. Sometimes, the BitLocker screen appears on system startup, preventing users from booting into ...

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