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.
Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data.
"This is private data on a private computer and they made the architectural choice to hold access to that data," said Matt ...
The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise ...
Microsoft confirms it handed BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in a Guam case, raising fresh concerns about encryption and ...
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, ...
For either mode, Microsoft "typically" backs up BitLocker keys to its servers when the service gets set up from an active ...
Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after it was served with a valid warrant, exposing Windows users’ ...