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Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] -1 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Not true with E2EE, they can’t give over shit when they don’t have the keys

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Bitlocker is computer drive encryption. On W11 it’s supposed to be tied to the motherboards TPM. End to end encryption is not really applicable in this scenario. That phrase is more applicable to cloud services or storage where a telecom or CSP hosts or transports your data but can’t see what the data is.

    Microsoft should not have the keys to decrypt Bitlocker ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Microsoft should not have the keys to decrypt Bitlocker ever.

    Windows is a closed source and proprietary commercial Operating System. Microsoft is going to do whatever they like with it. If enough people get angry about an issue they may change their mind but that doesn't change the nature of Microsoft's ownership over their products.

    I've been participating in discussion about what Microsoft should and shouldn't do since the late 80s and it pretty much boils down to this: You need to select and use software that works the way you want it to. So if you don't want MS to have your disk encryption key then don't use Windows. If you don't want MS to have access to your documents then don't put them on any system that MS has control over.

    It can be terrible inconvenient to protect your data in this way but this part and parcel of the privacy movement.

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