moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryptionwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarePsythik@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoSince when is Bitlocker required? None of my files are encrypted, and I’ve been using 11 since it came out.
minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoBitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it’s completely transparent to the user.
minus-squarePsythik@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoBut 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.
minus-squarecy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoTPM keys, and without your knowledge
Since when is Bitlocker required? None of my files are encrypted, and I’ve been using 11 since it came out.
Bitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it’s completely transparent to the user.
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.
TPM keys, and without your knowledge