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    From Mindsurfer@VERT/FUNTOPIA to All on Sun Jan 25 14:00:00 2026
    "Early last year, the FBI served Microsoft with a search warrant, asking it to provide recovery keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops. Federal investigators in Guam believed the devices held evidence that would help prove individuals handling the island Covid unemployment assistance program were part of a plot to steal funds.

    The data was protected with BitLocker, software that automatically enabled on many modern Windows PCs to safeguard all the data on the computer hard drive. BitLocker scrambles the data so that only those with a key can decode it.

    It possible for users to store those keys on a device they own, but Microsoft also recommends BitLocker users store their keys on its servers for convenience. While that means someone can access their data if they forget their password, or if repeated failed attempts to login lock the device, it also makes them vulnerable to law enforcement subpoenas and warrants.

    In the Guam case, it handed over the encryption keys to investigators."

    LOL, let that be a lesson to you.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys- to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

    short link: https://t1p.de/dm4xf

    Mindsurfer

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Mindsurfer on Sun Jan 25 10:04:15 2026
    Re: Microsoft Bitlocker
    By: Mindsurfer to All on Sun Jan 25 2026 02:00 pm

    "Early last year, the FBI served Microsoft with a search
    warrant, asking it to provide recovery keys to unlock encrypted
    data stored on three laptops. Federal investigators in Guam believed
    the devices held evidence that would help prove individuals


    i thought the govt already had the keys to that.


    In the Guam case, it handed over the encryption keys to
    investigators."

    LOL, let that be a lesson to you.


    world govts are like 50 years ahead of what we think they are in regards
    to technology for breaking into electronics.

    i probably said this before, but look up 'the thing' that russia bug that
    was in a seal gifted to the usa.

    that thing is incredibly clever and that was 1945


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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Mindsurfer on Sun Jan 25 15:10:00 2026
    Hello Mindsurfer!

    ** On Sunday 25.01.26 - 14:00, Mindsurfer wrote to All:

    In the Guam case, it handed over the encryption keys to investigators." LOL, let that be a lesson to you.

    Yep.. not wise to "store" Bitlocker keys at the mothership.


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