@dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoWindows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone — happens on both clean installs and reinstallswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square@Blaiz0r@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•2 years agoWhat can you do when this happens… Asking for a friend…
minus-square@notfromhere@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•2 years agoBecause they force you to use online accounts now, you can get it from the registered account via the Microsoft account page. In your Microsoft account: Open a web browser on another device. Go to https://account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey to find your recovery key.
minus-squarePapamousselinkfedilink0•2 years agoit should be in your MS online account as someone wrote, but in case of, I always save it on a USB key, hidden somewhere. You can also print it, or take a picture of it with your phone. Because there is no way to get it back.
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•2 years agoSure, but for most people encryption is mostly supposed to protect against the thief that took your laptop on the metro and not the NSA or whatever.
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•edit-22 years agoYes that is possible, but should I repeat what I wrote earlier or can you just read it again?
What can you do when this happens… Asking for a friend…
Because they force you to use online accounts now, you can get it from the registered account via the Microsoft account page.
it should be in your MS online account as someone wrote, but in case of, I always save it on a USB key, hidden somewhere. You can also print it, or take a picture of it with your phone. Because there is no way to get it back.
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Sure, but for most people encryption is mostly supposed to protect against the thief that took your laptop on the metro and not the NSA or whatever.
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Yes that is possible, but should I repeat what I wrote earlier or can you just read it again?