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As in you think they were pressured into stopping development so people would switch over to BitLocker, which now appears to have a backdoor put in by Microsoft or at least one of the developers, presumably at the behest of a government?
there's a backdoor built right into bitlocker in the form of 'recovery keys'--and for most users, microsoft knows what they are.
This is notable specifically because Microsoft has been compelled by courts to turn over those keys before.
I don’t blame Microsoft for complying with legal court orders, but I 100% blame them for building systems that allow them to access users’ data (including the keys) in the first place. If they used proper E2EE, they wouldn’t be able to access your keys at all. But that would prevent them from gobbling up all of your private data to sell. And the fifth amendment doesn’t protect third parties. So if the FBI confiscates your PC and you clam up, the feds can just compel Microsoft to give them your keys instead.
Yeah its Not Safe As.
Also your delivery from Flowers By Irene is waiting outside
The thought did cross my mind, yeah. I don't think it's quite sufficient evidence to make such a big conclusion, but both of these seem so conspicuous