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Microsoft Gave FBI a Set of BitLocker Encryption Keys To Unlock Suspects' Laptops


An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: 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 computers rely on full-disk encryption, called BitLoc...

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