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@dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org

2026-01-23 17:59 UTC

Bitlocker is a Microsoft product that encrypts your laptop hard drive etc. Apparently, Microsoft exfiltrates a recovery key for your Bitlocker encryption and stores it in their cloud, they give it out to law enforcement at request. And of course, they give it out to whoever compromises their system and steals that info. Bitlocker is completely worthless trash. Do not rely on it for information security. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

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  • @furicle@mastodon.social 2026-01-26 13:35

    @dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org way over simplified, and misleading. Works fine against the guy that stole your laptop at the coffee shop, and you can choose to not give ms the key. It's not perfect, but it does what it should for most people

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