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’s BitLocker Policy Draws Scrutiny After FBI Access to Encrypted Windows Device

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

BitLocker: Microsoft provides keys to law enforcement

Microsoft stores the hard drive encryption key in customers' online accounts by default. It can be accessed there by court ...
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Microsoft hands over BitLocker keys to FBI, exposing users to major privacy flaw

Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, exposing Windows users’ privacy risks.

FBI bypasses "impenetrable" encryption using BitLocker keys supplied by Microsoft

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

Data Makes The World Go Round—Until It Doesn’t: What You Urgently Need To Know About Keyless Encryption

Here's how emerging encryption innovations can help organizations reduce risk, strengthen compliance and prepare for next-gen ...
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Quantinuum Brings Quantum-Computing-Hardened Encryption Keys to the Device Level for the First Time - Introducing Quantum Origin Onboard

Critical software-based protection for a range of connected devices LONDON and BROOMFIELD, Colo, June 14, 2023 /CNW/ -- Quantinuum, the world's largest integrated quantum computing company, today ...
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Best practices for removable media encryption

USB flash drives, iPods and other portable storage devices are pervasive in the workplace and a real threat. They can introduce viruses or malicious code to the network and be used to store sensitive ...