• Psythik@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Since when is Bitlocker required? None of my files are encrypted, and I’ve been using 11 since it came out.

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      5 hours ago

      It automatically encrypts the drive only if admin has a Microsoft account (to backup the key on their cloud servers for easier LEO access data recovery) and the PC is a prebuilt

      If one of the condition is not met, the automatic ransomware isn’t enabled

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      8 hours ago

      Did you use Rufus? You can bypass Bitlocker. Or your machine does not have TPM 2.0 (which you can also bypass)…?

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        7 hours ago

        Yeah I used Rufus. Always do for every OS install. Explains it lol

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      1 day ago

      Bitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it’s completely transparent to the user.

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        9 hours ago

        But my PC doesn’t even have a password. So how can my files be encrypted? I thought a password was manditory for file encryption to work.

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      1 day ago

      Every retail PC I’ve seen with win11 has bitlocker enabled. Screwed one over as they forgot their password…