commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMicrosoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoThe word “Gave” is really doing some heavy lifting in that title. Microsoft produced the keys in response to a warrant as required by law. If you don’t want a company, any company, to produce your data when given a warrant then you can’t give the company that data. At all. Ever. Not fast food joints, not Uber, not YouTube, not even the grocery store.
minus-squareKokesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYes. But this completely invalidates the encryption. If anyone can decrypt your data without you giving the keys to them, it is not really encrypted.
The word “Gave” is really doing some heavy lifting in that title. Microsoft produced the keys in response to a warrant as required by law.
If you don’t want a company, any company, to produce your data when given a warrant then you can’t give the company that data. At all. Ever.
Not fast food joints, not Uber, not YouTube, not even the grocery store.
Yes. But this completely invalidates the encryption. If anyone can decrypt your data without you giving the keys to them, it is not really encrypted.