Forbes reported on Friday that Microsoft turned over recovery keys for BitLocker, allowing the FBI to access data stored on three seized laptops. BitLocker comes enabled by default on many Windows PCs ...
How to keep your PC encryption key safe - from Microsoft and the FBI ...
Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, exposing Windows users’ privacy risks.
The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise ...
A decision by Microsoft to supply BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI has drawn renewed attention to how encryption systems are designed - and whether storing keys in the cloud weakens their security.
Microsoft automatically uploads BitLocker recovery keys to the cloud, allowing FBI access via warrants as proven in recent Guam fraud case.
If your machine is uploading your BitLocker keys to Microsoft, it turns out Microsoft can and will give them to law ...
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 ...