For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

This Pew Research Center analysis is part of a broader project that examines Americans’ views of immigration policy, immigration officers’ actions and the public’s response to immigration enforcement.

The mass killing of 14 people in San Bernardino in December 2015 saw the FBI trying to access what it described as “relevant and critical data” on the locked iPhone of one of the shooters. The agency ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, the FBI served Microsoft with a search warrant requesting recovery keys for encrypted data stored on three laptops. Microsoft complied. Marking the first known instance in which the ...

Microsoft handed over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, exposing Windows users’ privacy risks. Global governments repeatedly request encryption access, pressuring tech companies like Apple and ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...