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

Some call Microsoft move "simply irresponsible" ...

BitLocker encrypts your hard drive and requires a key to decrypt it. Microsoft may give your key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Don't save your key to the cloud; instead, store it locally or ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Handing over BitLocker keys has to be the final straw.

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