Microsoft was asked last year to give the FBI access to the encryption keys used by BitLocker to protect data on three laptops. The company complied and warned that it receives around 20 similar ...

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

In context: Tech companies promote device encryption to reassure customers that their data remains private. Some, such as Apple, have resisted requests from authorities to bypass encryption. However, ...

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

Microsoft has announced big changes that are coming to BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 in 2026. The company has unveiled a new 'hardware accelerated BitLocker' that will be available on new devices ...

With so much hacking, scamming, theft, and spying in the digital world, encryption is becoming more popular. You see it in messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, in ...

A C# Windows Forms application to manage BitLocker-encrypted drives. Features include drive detection, lock/unlock with password or Windows Hello, secure password storage using DPAPI, auto-elevation, ...

You can choose to disable BitLocker on your Windows 11 or 10 PC from the Control Panel or Windows Settings. Besides that, you can turn off BitLocker aka Device Encryption using command-line tools like ...