Microsoft gab FBI-Schlüssel zum Entsperren verschlüsselter Daten und deckte damit schwerwiegende Datenschutzlücken auf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
Microsoft gab FBI-Schlüssel zum Entsperren verschlüsselter Daten und deckte damit schwerwiegende Datenschutzlücken auf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
22 Kommentare
Whelp thats the ballgame fo me and microshaft, Zoran Linux here I come
Who the fuck uses Bitlocker for sensitive data
why are they so sure of themselves?
that no matter what they do and do badly, people will just bow their heads and buy their products?
I’ve been using Linux for years and I don’t miss their system at all. For the average user, that’s enough.
Another reason to skip Windows.
And I was called paranoid for switching to Linux.
VIN-DI-CA-TION!
From the article. So not even looking like some domestic terrorists. Money tracking for Covid payments.
>The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
>Early last year, the FBI served Microsoft with a search warrant, asking it to provide recovery keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops. Federal investigators in Guam believed the devices held evidence that would help prove individuals handling the island’s Covid unemployment assistance program were part of a plot to steal funds.
Huhuhuhuh microslop
Trusting major tech companies with protecting your data is foolish. Even Apple, who consider themselves to be privacy hawks, will sell you out in a second.
Let’s see… I want to be secure and private and use encryption. That is a good security measure, right?
Now, I think it would be a great idea to have a corporation, especially Microsoft store the key to my encryption on their servers in the cloud.
I mean, what could go wrong.
***Beyond*** happy to be off of Windows for my personal systems, this really is the year of Linux.
They’re pulling a Valve: Keep trucking along, let everyone else fumble the chili pot on the floor
Hence why you should NEVER believe any company that claims end-to-end encryption or that it’s encrypted and safe on their servers when it’s their software producing the encryption keys.
Is this why my windows was unverified yesterday? Did the FBI get me?!
I’m only Windows for gaming out of necessity for some games – everything else I do on Linux. Hopefully we can get rid of this for good at some point.
Huh. Almost like switching over to Linux is the only real choice left anymore 🤷 and for anybody who thinks it might be too difficult to handle chat GPT has got me through it.
So glad I moved over to Linux.
How well do Intel gpus work on Linux? it’s about time for me to get serious about dumping windows.
Do you guys really think that MS would not shut down every single azure server the EU has if the US were to attack Greenland? Our entire infrastructure would be off withing minutes.
The US has backdoor access to all your infrastructure, it’s why the EU needs to drop any US made product immediately.
Look at Venezuela, they shut down half their power grid just through a cyber attack…
People trusting a bully country was hilarius to me especially when the US got caught spying on every EU leader multiple times.
Microsoft colluding with fascists…one more reason to switch to Linux.
To everyone using their cloud, it’s a strong „F*******“ message, they own you now and they own your data, who knows what they do with it, share it to other companies for profit? Can you trust them at this point? (Not that you shoud’ve trusted an American company in the first place)
I am so glad that I had eliminated all Microsoft devices and software products from my life years ago. Absolutely no regrets.
Microsoft only gets your bitlocker recovery key if you give it to them. This is pretty much fake news. AES keys are stored in the TPM at rest and recovery keys are put in your cloud account if you opt into it. You don’t have to give it to them.
Man treated his biography like a stage costume.