> Microsoft told me that while the backdoored algorithm is included with Windows, it is not used by BitLocker, nor is it used by other parts of the Windows ope

> Microsoft told me that while the backdoored algorithm is included with Windows, it is not used by BitLocker, nor is it used by other parts of the Windows operating system by default. According to Microsoft, the default PRNG for Windows is an algorithm known as CTR_DRBG, not Dual_EC_DRBG, and when BitLocker generates a new key it uses the Windows default. This actually sounds a lot like the government mandated a backdoored crypto algorithm in to a suite of crypto algorithms, and then Microsoft was forced to implement the backdoored algorithm in order to get certified for the suite, which is required for government contracts. > I asked Microsoft if the company would be able to comply with unlocking a BitLocker disk, given a legitimate legal request to do so. The spokesperson told me they could not answer that question. There's a ton of perfectly benign reasons that a spokesman would decline to answer that question, and since we don't have a direct quotation, we don't even know what the response actually was. I don't particularly like Microsoft, but I feel like we should blame them for the things they actually do, not hold them to unreasonable standards.