How to keep your PC encryption key safe - from Microsoft and the FBI ...

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

If you have the BitLocker recovery key, you can unlock the BitLocker encrypted hard drive partition through the Control Panel. However, if your Windows OS is corrupted and you cannot boot into Windows ...

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 ...

Unlock BitLocker-encrypted Drive via File Explorer Unlock BitLocker-encrypted Drive via Control Panel Unlock BitLocker-encrypted Drive via Command Prompt. Now go to where you backed up the BitLocker ...

Microsoft confirms it provides BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI under legal orders. Learn about the security implications ...

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

Some call Microsoft move "simply irresponsible" ...

As the first major tech company to comply with government demands for encrypted data, Microsoft sets a dangerous precedent.

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.