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Wladimir Mufty
Wladimir Mufty
@wlaatje@social.edu.nl  ·  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

Windows is still uploading recovery keys to #Microsoft cloud accounts…

So while you are doing your password-manager magic (I hope)… Microsoft just hand the #bitlocker recovery over on a royal plate…

Maybe some extra devices can be seized by the FBI… only investigating Washington Post journalists can become a bit boring…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

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Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw

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.
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