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

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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 ...

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 ...

This week, there have been a couple of major news related to BitLocker. Microsoft has failed to deliver on its promise of an automatic fix for "0x80070643 - ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE" messages when trying ...

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

I'm a Windows 98/2000/XP veteran making the jump to Ubuntu and Windows 7. One of the feature in Windows 7 that I thought I'd like to try out was BitLocker. I have no TPM hardware nor the desire to ...

It can be quite frustrating and alarming to see There are no more BitLocker recovery options on your PC, especially when you are locked out of the system. This error ...