In sharp contrast with its approach to privacy, Windows 11 security is in a good place, with no major enshittification issues.

The February Windows update preview is extensive. It includes new Secure Boot certificates and app and settings backups.

You mightn't think it, but the Windows 11 Recovery Environment is genuinely powerful.

The fatal flaw of encrypted backups: You are locking yourself out of your own data ...

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

The disclosure underscores how recovery keys stored in Microsoft’s cloud can be accessed under warrant, even when enterprise data is encrypted. Microsoft gave Windows users’ BitLocker encryption keys ...

Microsoft takes security seriously, but recent events highlight the limits of that protection when legal orders enter the picture. After hackers abused SharePoint for phishing campaigns and found ways ...

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...

BitLocker is the default full-disk encryption system built into Windows, designed to protect files and personal data if a computer is lost, stolen, or compromised. When enabled, the technology ...

Microsoft provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI after investigators served a valid warrant in a fraud investigation based in Guam. Federal agents believed the laptops held evidence tied to ...

BitLocker, which comes pre-installed on many Windows PCs, is designed to encrypt a computer's data in case it gets lost or stolen. The encryption can be unlocked with a recovery key stored on the user ...