If you’ve signed in with a Microsoft account, your disk is likely already encrypted, and the key is likely already stored on ...

Forbes reported on Friday that Microsoft turned over recovery keys for BitLocker, allowing the FBI to access data stored on three seized laptops. BitLocker comes enabled by default on many Windows PCs ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after receiving a valid legal demand tied to a federal investigation involving three laptops in Guam.

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe ...

Microsoft automatically uploads BitLocker recovery keys to the cloud, allowing FBI access via warrants as proven in recent ...

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

Microsoft provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after investigators served a valid warrant in a fraud investigation based in Guam. Federal agents believed ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

As the first major tech company to comply with government demands for encrypted data, Microsoft sets a dangerous precedent.

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 ...