I think you are mistaken, the original article in french states that the BitLocker computer was not cracked by the local police, but was accessed later by some

I think you are mistaken, the original article in french states that the BitLocker computer was not cracked by the local police, but was accessed later by some cyber-department of the police: https://nantes.indymedia.org/posts/87395/une-lettre-divan-enferme-a-la-prison-de-villepinte-perquisitions-et-disques-durs-dechiffres/ https://nantes.indymedia.org/posts/87395/une-lettre-divan-en.... You are right that you can choose to backup recovery keys to the cloud, I just guessed that this would be one possible scenario.