Microsoft's BitLocker is a security feature built into Windows that encrypts the entire hard drive. The idea is to protect your personal files from prying eyes in case your PC is ever lost or stolen.
Encryption doesn’t guarantee privacy—key ownership does. This article explains how cloud-stored encryption keys let third parties unlock your data, exposing the hidden risks behind “secure” services ...
Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data.
If you’ve signed in with a Microsoft account, your disk is likely already encrypted, and the key is likely already stored on ...
The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise ...
Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year.
Microsoft provided FBI with BitLocker keys from cloud backups to decrypt laptops in a Guam fraud case, revealing a legal ...
If your machine is uploading your BitLocker keys to Microsoft, it turns out Microsoft can and will give them to law ...
Microsoft has reportedly provided the FBI with BitLocker encryption keys to unlock encrypted data on three suspect laptops, ...
Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after it was served with a valid warrant, exposing Windows users’ ...