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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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