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Not "backdoors" but it seems Microsoft stores the BitLocker decryption key, based on this leaked slide (just found on twitter): https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirat
by grrowl 12y ago
Not "backdoors" but it seems Microsoft stores the BitLocker decryption key, based on this leaked slide (just found on twitter): https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/471759810644283392/photo/1 https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/471759810644283392/...
edit: Confirmed Microsoft stores your recovery key on their servers if you're not connected to a domain: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/bitlocker-recovery-keys-faq http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/bitlocker-recov...
- cradle 12y agoMicrosoft storing your key is opt-in and optional. Whether or not they superstitiously store it anyway is a different question.