Microsoft's BitLocker is a security feature built into Windows that encrypts the entire hard drive. The idea is to protect your personal files from prying eyes in case your PC is ever lost or stolen.

Encryption doesn’t guarantee privacy—key ownership does. This article explains how cloud-stored encryption keys let third parties unlock your data, exposing the hidden risks behind “secure” services ...

Microsoft confirmed it can hand over BitLocker recovery keys stored in the cloud under warrant, reviving debate over who controls encrypted data.

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

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

Microsoft FBI encryption keys raise privacy concerns after BitLocker recovery keys were handed over during an investigation.

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

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