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The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.

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[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's been known for a very long time that BitLocker is not truly secure. It's good enough to prevent your data being leaked to however found your laptop in a bus stop, but Microsoft always holds the keys and has been known to unlock it for a long time.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago

It's not a big surprise but still good to know that it actually happened.