I agree! And I hope it's clear I like and respect your questions -- people like you are the key reasons I keep coming back here. About bitlocker, I agree with

I agree! And I hope it's clear I like and respect your questions -- people like you are the key reasons I keep coming back here. About bitlocker, I agree with you that there likely isn't a backdoor built into the service beyond breaking crypto (likely still hard, though crypto export laws still apply and influence overall strength). What I would point out is that the data recovery 'backdoor' (where private keys get stored in central servers, either in AD or your Microsoft Account) is turned on by default. It's most likely for user convenience, but I imagine those that want ediscovery would be happy. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/bitlocker-recovery-keys-faq http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/bitlocker-recov...