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How to encrypt your PC's disk without giving the keys to Microsoft
- Recently, Microsoft confirmed it handed BitLocker recovery keys for three Windows laptops to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during a Guam fraud investigation, contrasting with Apple’s 2015 standoff in the San Bernardino case.
- Because users chose to store recovery copies, Microsoft complied while Apple refused since breaking the Secure Enclave would compromise all iPhones; both companies leave key storage to users.
- Last year, Apple rolled out Advanced Data Protection , and when end-to-end categories or ADP are enabled, Apple says it has no means of granting access, but without ADP it retains some iCloud data to provide to law enforcement.
- In the San Bernardino matter the FBI used a third party to access the locked iPhone and withdrew its case, and commentators say Apple 'took full advantage' of available options.
- Typically, companies resist handing over encryption keys, though they comply when controlling them; the San Bernardino mass killing of 14 people and Pensacola shooting kept public focus on lawful access.
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der Standard DEActually, the encryption of the data carrier is intended to restrict access to the users. The Windows manufacturer now provides the counterevidence itself.
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Microsoft confirmed that it works with the authorities when it receives a legal order or a valid order. Go to the point of providing BitLocker recovery keys to these agencies. The information was now...
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