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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

BitLocker recovery key is a full-disk encryption feature in Microsoft Windows Pro and Enterprise operating systems. It is a unique 48-digit numerical password that ...

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

If you want to store Bitlocker recovery keys in Active Directory, follow the steps below. Configure GPO to store BitLocker Recovery information in Active Directory Domain Services Enable BitLocker ...