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		trelane on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Responsible stewardship of the UEFI Secure Boot ec... > MS actually keeps a copy of _your_ PC's recovery key on their servers when you install Windows Do you have a reference for this? I didn't realize this was the case. Is it part of their "pluton" stuff?

AshamedCaptain on July 12, 2022 [–]

First Google result: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/finding-your-bit...

No, it's not Pluton, they've been doing this at least for a decade.

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