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

Storing your BitLocker key in the cloud? Microsoft can give it to the FBI - what to do instead ...

Microsoft automatically uploads BitLocker recovery keys to the cloud, allowing FBI access via warrants as proven in recent ...

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 ...

It can be quite frustrating and alarming to see There are no more BitLocker recovery options on your PC, especially when you are locked out of the system. This error ...

Microsoft stores the hard drive encryption key in customers' online accounts by default. It can be accessed with a court order.

If your machine is uploading your BitLocker keys to Microsoft, it turns out Microsoft can and will give them to law ...

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 provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a ...