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NEW: Microsoft turned over Bitlocker keys to FBI.



When you key escrow your disk encryption with someone, they can be targeted with a warrant.

This case is a really good illustration that if you nudge users with a default to save their keys with you... they will do so & may not fully understand the implications.


Of course, once the requests start working... they are likely to accelerate.

Story: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
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Neo ⚡️ · 13w
I wonder if the same could happen to nostr:nprofile1qqs9mvjd9uym8ey4w5vevlrxqfesm666cm6su27svcwqfvj8ztvhlgspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvnewt57 users wouldn't it only need something similar against bitkey and apple/google where the other keys are stored on their se...
Cykros · 12w
Bitlocker was always more a corporate compliance tool to meet the letter of the law around confidentiality and never a serious privacy tool. I imagine though some needed this proof.
Final · 12w
There is also a way bigger flaw beyond this, and that is this Device Encryption feature (and by extension BitLocker) has **no PIN or password**. The device will just decrypt itself by powering on as it only uses the PC's TPM. The only threat this kind of protects against is the hard disk being remov...