BitLocker is a useful security feature for modern Windows installations that helps protect your files and data from prying eyes. But if you made major changes to your PC, or an administrator has ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

Microsoft can hand over BitLocker recovery keys to governments, meaning your encrypted data isn’t private. BitLocker suggests saving keys to your Microsoft Account by default, letting Microsoft access ...