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 is criticized for giving authorities access to SSD encryption. Apple has fixed the problem in FileVault – starting ...
If you’ve signed in with a Microsoft account, your disk is likely already encrypted, and the key is likely already stored on ...
Microsoft stores the hard drive encryption key in customers' online accounts by default. It can be accessed with a court order.
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.
If your machine is uploading your BitLocker keys to Microsoft, it turns out Microsoft can and will give them to law ...
As the first major tech company to comply with government demands for encrypted data, Microsoft sets a dangerous precedent.
Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after it was served with a valid warrant, exposing Windows users’ ...