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.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260125043626/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
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Of course, this only applies to home users, not Pro/Corporate users… right?
Right?
/s if it’s not immediately obvious. In Windows 10, BitLocker required Pro. I’m not actually sure that is the case in 11, but I would assume so. Corporations almost always turn it on, the idea being if their computer is stolen, their data is not. Maybe the drive can be wiped, but the data could not be stolen. At least, that is the idea.
Meta makes computers? You mean the Meta Quest VR headsets?
Completely undermining the entire point of encryption. Why would anyone trust this corp after this? Not that they deserved trust in the first place. Way to push more customers away Microslop.
Most (US) companies don’t consider the US government to be a significant risk to their business, partly because they’re already subject to it.
They also commonly believe that Microsoft can secure these keys more effectively than they could do so in-house. And they’re probably right.
Now, it’s an entirely different story for any companies not subject to US law.
That’s not an archive link, OP.Alternate archive link.
https://archive.li/Q4THuIt’s a long link instead of the short link. Both are valid.
I tried it numerous times. It got stuck in a captcha loop.
EDIT: This time it work but it took a while. Might be an issue with captcha.
