In context: Tech companies promote device encryption to reassure customers that their data remains private. Some, such as Apple, have resisted requests from authorities to bypass encryption. However, ...

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 ...

To find your BitLocker recovery key, visit aka.ms/myrecoverykey using a different device, sign in with your Microsoft account, and check for the key listed under your device information. This site ...

Microsoft is rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 to address growing performance and security concerns by leveraging the capabilities of system-on-a-chip and CPU. BitLocker is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Looking back at 2025, it isn’t hard to pick out the biggest ...

As we enter the critical holiday shopping season, businesses are facing new and emerging challenges with first-party fraud. Sift’s Q4 2025 Digital Trust Index shows that chargeback rates climbed ...

Microsoft has announced big changes that are coming to BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 in 2026. The company has unveiled a new 'hardware accelerated BitLocker' that will be available on new devices ...

You can choose to disable BitLocker on your Windows 11 or 10 PC from the Control Panel or Windows Settings. Besides that, you can turn off BitLocker aka Device Encryption using command-line tools like ...

Earlier this year, Discord began testing a new age-verification process in the United Kingdom that required users to scan their government-issued ID. That has come back to haunt both Discord and the ...