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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[–] 7 points 7 months ago

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.

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