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Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11 (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 14 points 3 months ago

Why? Because local data recovery will be that much harder, forcing people into online backups with Microsoft

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 10 points 3 months ago

Device encryption is designed to improve the security of Windows machines by automatically enabling BitLocker encryption on the Windows install drive and backing up the recovery key to a Microsoft account or Entra ID.

Once again, Microsoft is missing the importance of consent both in forcing the encryption and in not giving users a choice in who holds the keys to your data.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

OneDrive mysteriously moving and deleting your data without permission. BitLocker encrypting it without permission. What's next?

[–] taanegl 1 points 2 months ago

Just randomly encrypting your application executables and forcing you to run the application inside a Windows VM on Azure - and paying for it, a.k.a Execution as a Service (or EaaS for short)...

I'm not even joking, that could happen.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You can avoid device encryption by using ~~a local account~~ Linux.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

This isn’t news, this has already been the case since Windows 10 1803 back in 2018.