> I'm going out on a limb and suggest that Micah Lee understands why Windows works this way Which he states on his own, and with a quote from an unnamed Micros

> I'm going out on a limb and suggest that Micah Lee understands why Windows works this way Which he states on his own, and with a quote from an unnamed Microsoft representative, starting on the 7th paragraph: > Of course, keeping a backup of your recovery key in your Microsoft account is genuinely useful for probably the majority of Windows users, which is why Microsoft designed the encryption scheme... But, I agree with you. This is pretty much a non-story. One might have to jump through one more hoop to setup BitLocker without sending the key to any third party, but it's essentially the same as the default of sending your FileVault key to Apple for the easiest backup option.