Anybody here use BitLocker?

[robkelk]

Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the laptops of Windows users charged in a fraud indictment.

The government case [PDF], which claims defendants in Guam fraudulently collected pandemic unemployment benefits, represents the first publicly known instance of Microsoft providing BitLocker keys, according to Forbes.

Workaround: Don't save your keys to your Microsoft Account, your OneDrive, or any other service controlled by Microsoft.

[classicdrogn]

That seems like a basic security precaution, rather than a workaround, though? Why would anyone store their keys om a cloud service to begin with? A thumb drive that can be unplugged any time you don't actively need them sounds like a much better idea anyway...

[robkelk]

It is a better idea, yes. Microsoft has set "save the key to the cloud" as the default, so it has to be changed manually.

[classicdrogn]

Ah. Another one of those "Fuck the user experience, we're pushing our live service vision of the monetized future!" moments, then.

(Nelson Muntz "Ha-ha" in penguin)

[Labster]

I recently switched to Linux, running the KDE desktop environment, and it's been largely a good experience. Once I got the initial set of bugs worked out -- basically installing the correct drivers for the graphics card -- it's been great. It feels like my computer is actually mine again.