Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw
www.forbes.com
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
  • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    18 hours ago

    This isn’t exposing some unknown flaw. As the article says, this only applies for people who willingly use Bitlocker Recovery, which stores your key with Microsoft.

    Those concerned about privacy would never do such a thing. As the article also states, the majority of FBI requests cannot be fulfilled because the accounts didn’t share their keys.

    …20 requests for BitLocker keys per year and in many cases, the user has not stored their key in the cloud making it impossible for Microsoft to assist.

    • MrSoup@lemmy.zip
      6·
      18 hours ago

      I had to help people getting back into their system after an unknown bitlocker lock. Is this really about people “willingly” using it? If I’m not wrong it’s by default if you make an online account (which seems became an obligation with Windows 11).