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Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11 (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, this makes sense for corporate environments with keys backed up to a centralized location like Active Directory. Not for consumers with no reasonable way to keep some key like this in a safe place as a "break glass in case of emergency" option.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

It backs up to the Microsoft Account

Still, some people create an @outlook.com email, set up no recovery options, forget the password, and find themselves locked out.