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

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BitLocker is a disk encryption feature in Windows that protects your data by encrypting entire drives. Sometimes, the BitLocker screen appears on system startup, preventing users from booting into ...

From smooth-talking hackers and millions of stolen passwords to Google’s very expensive “sorry for secretly listening” ...

ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.

Microsoft has provided BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI in a Guam fraud case, marking the first known instance of such cooperation and raising privacy concerns.

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

The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an ...

Microsoft may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon valid request - here's how to keep it safe ...

Some call Microsoft move "simply irresponsible" ...

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