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submitted 1 day ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 43 minutes ago

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

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 2 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.

[–] WordBox@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

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