Microsoft confirmed that it provided its BitLocker recovery keys to federal investigators in Guam, allowing them to unlock encrypted data on laptops, thus crossing a privacy line. This is a clear sign ...

For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

For years, we’ve been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

Microsoft was asked last year to give the FBI access to the encryption keys used by BitLocker to protect data on three laptops. The company complied and warned that it receives around 20 similar ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise data is encrypted. Microsoft gave Windows users’ BitLocker encryption keys ...

Microsoft confirmed it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after receiving a valid warrant, reigniting the debate over user privacy and encryption. While BitLocker remains secure, the incident ...

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

In context: Tech companies promote device encryption to reassure customers that their data remains private. Some, such as Apple, have resisted requests from authorities to bypass encryption. However, ...