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

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

Microsoft's BitLocker encryption comes with a catch: the keys may be on Microsoft's servers

Forbes reports that Microsoft complied with an FBI request for decryption keys to a suspect's personal laptops last year.

Microsoft Gave BitLocker Encryption Keys To The FBI, Report Claims

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

Microsoft Gave The FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Breaking from Apple Privacy Stance

Microsoft has provided BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI in a Guam fraud case, marking the first known instance of such cooperation and raising privacy concerns.
Techno-Science.net

BitLocker Recovery Key Saved My PC: Here’s How I Found and Used it

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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 10 Secure Boot update triggers BitLocker key recovery

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue affecting Windows 10 customers who have installed the KB4535680 security update that addresses a security feature bypass vulnerability in Secure Boot. Secure Boot ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft shares script to fix WinRE BitLocker bypass flaw

Microsoft has released a script to make it easier to patch a BitLocker bypass security vulnerability in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). This PowerShell script (KB5025175) simplifies the ...