Microsoft says that it will not use the recovery key for any purpose in its privacy policy, but legal coercion, hacking, or even bad actors within the company might undermine that promise.

It may be found on a printout, a USB flash drive, or the Microsoft account used to activate BitLocker. If you need help finding it, you can follow Microsoft's guide.

IGIS Tech Notes describe workflows and techniques for using geospatial science and technologies in research and extension.

Cooke insists that when Microsoft designed BitLocker for Windows 7, it took into account TPM’s vulnerabilities. The company should have known them as this isn’t the first time TPM was hacked.

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After installing Windows 11, many users usually start using the system without checking important default settings. While the ...

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Microsoft is bolstering security for Windows 11 users by making BitLocker encryption a default feature in the upcoming 24H2 update. This means that new devices and clean installations will ...

Microsoft began pushing BitLocker with the Windows 11 23H2 update, which made BitLocker the default for new installations on supported systems. With 24H2, that setting expands to reinstallations ...