Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data.

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

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

Confirmation that Microsoft handed over BitLocker keys to the FBI for three Windows laptops is being contrasted with Apple ...

The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise ...

Microsoft has acknowledged that it can provide U.S. law enforcement agencies with access to BitLocker encryption keys when ...

Handing over BitLocker keys has to be the final straw.

If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys updated If you think using Microsoft's BitLocker ...

Microsoft says it will provide the FBI with BitLocker encryption keys if requested for PCs that upload their key to the cloud ...

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

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

Back in May, a report suggested that Microsoft was looking to default-encrypt Windows 11 24H2 Home PCs. This could lead to potential performance loss, even on fast NVMe SSDs, though CPUs can be a ...