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

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

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

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

Microsoft provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, bypassing AES encryption that HSI previously deemed impenetrable ...

Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after it was served with a valid warrant, exposing Windows users’ ...

If you're ready to replace your old computer and hand it down to a friend or family member, you'll need to wipe your data and reset it. Here's how to do it properly.

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For Windows' BitLocker drive encryption, performance has been a long-standing pain point, especially as high-speed NVMe drives have become more dominant in the market. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken ...

Microsoft is rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 to address growing performance and security concerns by leveraging the capabilities of system-on-a-chip and CPU. BitLocker is the ...