BitLocker offers a number of different authentication methods to encrypt a storage device like Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Smart Card, Recovery Password, User supplied password. By means of a ...

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A recovery key is used to regain access to a drive when it can’t be automatically unlocked, according to Microsoft’s website. Microsoft handed over encryption keys to federal investigators, Forbes ...

Microsoft was asked last year to give the FBI access to the encryption keys used by BitLocker to protect data on three laptops. The company complied and warned that it receives around 20 similar ...

As someone that did helpdesk for consumers for a long time, MS having the code was the only reason we were able to recover a large amount of data for many customers. That being said, people still ...