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Re:Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to un... by knowitnone3 on Friday January 23, 2026 @03:46PM (#46737682)
except Microsoft probably as a master key
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Re:Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to un... by zzrrt on Friday January 23, 2026 @07:02PM (#46739617)
People know the system well enough to write FOSS implementations of it; I think they would have noticed and sounded the alarm if there were a possible master key.
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Re:Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to un... by codedokode on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:32PM (#46740804)
I don't think anybody is interested in reverse-engineering closed-source OS to check if it works as documented; it;s easier to just use Linux which has open-source code.
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Re:Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to un... by bryan_w on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:40AM (#46743947)
> I don't think

Well at least you got that part correct. Do you just not know about security researchers? Or even bug bounty programs?

Why are you even on this forum? Doesn't seem like you know much about technology

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