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  • Microsoft is Giving the FBI BitLocker Keys

    From Marcus90@Marcus90@guess.com to alt.privacy on Friday, February 06, 2026 12:03:42
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    Microsoft gives the FBI the ability to decrypt BitLocker in response
    to court orders: about twenty times per year.

    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/microsoft-is-giving-the-fbi-bitlocker-keys.html
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.privacy on Friday, February 06, 2026 10:47:49
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

    Marcus90@guess.com wrote:
    Microsoft gives the FBI the ability to decrypt BitLocker in
    response to court orders: about twenty times per year.

    https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/microsoft-is-giving-the-fbi-bitlocker-keys.html
    That is not at all surprising to me.

    There's more in the comments:

    It’s not just the FBI – Microsoft hands out these keys to any law enforcement agency of any country with a valid warrant.

    ... and he says more:

    And the problem is not so much that the keys are stored on
    Microsoft’s servers but that they aren’t encrypted there (e.g., with
    a key stored in the TPM of the device).

    The other problem, of course, is that Microsoft is making it
    increasingly impossible to install Windows without a Microsoft
    account, in which case a ton of your personal stuff is stored on
    their servers anyway.
    --
    Mike Easter
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