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		g-b-r 42 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption key... I imagine you have to re-encrypt the drive after that, though, for it to have some real effect

smileybarry 41 days ago | [–]

No, you can just revoke and regenerate the recovery key with `manage-bde`.

vel0city 41 days ago | [–]

No, the actual data encryption key doesn't need to change unless you're very paranoid. The backup key and your normal key is just to decrypt the data encryption key.

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