Device Encryption is just Bitlocker under the hood, which has been a Pro/Ultimate feature since Vista. A basic version of Bitlocker has been provided since Win

Device Encryption is just Bitlocker under the hood, which has been a Pro/Ultimate feature since Vista. A basic version of Bitlocker has been provided since Windows 8 in the Home edition, as you point out. There's nothing more I can write I didn't address in the above post. Device encryption and Bitlocker aren't separate entities. Device encryption is the consumer version of Bitlocker. Device encryption doesn't expose all the features of Bitlocker because then there's less that differentiates Home and Pro/Enterprise. I agree it would be nice to have in Home, but the average Home user doesn't know what this is, doesn't want it, and probably shouldn't have it. If you are the kind of knowledgeable user that does know it and should have it, Pro isn't hard to get. Hell, Home doesn't even have freakin' Remote Desktop. Microsoft has to have something to differentiate editions (if they're going to insist on doing so in the first place - life would be simpler if they didn't), this seems reasonable enough and a step in the right direction - more encrypted harddrives. There is no "corporate decryption ability" unless Microsoft is in actual physical possession of your TPM and harddrive.