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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an aspect, a method for accessing a computing device includes receiving, by the computing device, an authentication credential for recovery access to the computing device, the authentication credential being different from an authentication credential used to access encrypted data on the computing device, obtaining, in response to receipt of the authentication credential for recovery access, a first key portion stored on the computing device, transmitting, over a network, a request to receive a second key portion, receiving, over the network, a response that includes the second key portion, recovering a decryption key using the first key portion and the second key portion, and decrypting the encrypted data on the computing device using the decryption key.