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

Handing over BitLocker keys has to be the final straw.

Microsoft says it may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Here's how to protect your privacy.

Forbes reported on Friday that Microsoft turned over recovery keys for BitLocker, allowing the FBI to access data stored on ...

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.

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

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 ...

Microsoft confirms it handed BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in a Guam case, raising fresh concerns about encryption and privacy.

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

You might have encountered encryption on messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. It is nothing but securing your messages. When your messages are encrypted, they can only be read by the ...