As the first major tech company to comply with government demands for encrypted data, Microsoft sets a dangerous precedent.
BitLocker recovery key is a full-disk encryption feature in Microsoft Windows Pro and Enterprise operating systems. It is a unique 48-digit numerical password that ...
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set ...
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an ...
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 ...
If your machine is uploading your BitLocker keys to Microsoft, Microsoft can and will give them to law enforcement, it turns ...
Concerns have been raised around the default drive encryption applied with Windows 11 24H2 This is put in place when setting up new PCs, or with fresh installs of Windows 11 24H2 on existing devices ...