Kevin BeaumontJan 23

I was wondering when a reporter would uncover this.

So BitLocker is super secure, right? Well... BitLocker recovery keys are backed up to Microsoft's Cloud - and they give them out to law enforcement on request. Using the BitLocker recovery key, you can just unlock the device without a PIN etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/

Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw

The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.

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Show threadBrokarJan 23

@GossiTheDog

Rob Braxman has been bitching about this for quite some time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3a-goiE2c

Windows 11 Bitlocker isnt there to Protect YOU

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Show threadxz
@Brokar @GossiTheDog Brax is a grifter selling insecure hardware and software https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114825638504244405
GrapheneOS (@[email protected])

Useful information on Braxman's products and services from a security researcher (founder of DivestOS): https://forum.f-droid.org/t/brax2-alternatives/22469/6 Highly insecure, ancient hardware running a closed source fork of the end-of-life Android 10 which did NOT receive basic security patches and updates.

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Show threadBrokarJan 24

@xz @GossiTheDog

But what he says about the TPM and Bitlocker in his videos is not wrong.

I don't care about his shop, Didn't even know he had one.