[mossTechnician]

Crucially, the headline says Microsoft will provide the key if asked by the FBI, which implies a state entity with legal power that extends beyond a typical person's assumptions of "rule of law" and "due process," let alone ethics.

[smileybarry]

This is all paraphrasing. The closest paraphrase of the original statement to Forbes, from Forbes' article, is:

> Microsoft confirmed to Forbes that it does provide BitLocker recovery keys if it receives a valid legal order.

I suspect the FBI part was added editorially since this specific legal order came from the FBI.

[TeMPOraL]

Typical person assumes that FBI is chasing aliens (from outer space) and hardened criminals so bad the local police can't handle them. At least that's what American TV teaches us.

Now CIA, on the other hand, ... well, they won't need to ask for the crypto keys anyway.