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> That pretty much makes their builtin disk encryption useless. Does the encryption keep the user's data safe if the device is lost or stolen? Yes? Then it ful

• jmclnx 4mo ago
  We need to define "safe". Safe from coffee shop people or in a dorm, probably yes. If you lock your laptop with a good screensaver and have a decent PW, those people are not getting in anyway. Plus with smart phones hardly anyone carries their laptop around these days. But with what M/S is doing with Windows 11 "security" any ad company with $, lawyer with a warrant or alphabet soup agencies, can get a decent idea with what is going on even if they cannot get to see your data in Excel or Word. But most M/S office data is now in the "cloud", so all bets are off for those files in many cases.
• halfcat 4mo ago
  Except for the bitlocker vulnerability that lets someone with the physical computer bypass it. Other than that, it works flawlessly.
• themafia 4mo ago
  Non technical users still write down their passwords. So: no. Do technical users have the option to install something better? Yes? Then this has no purpose.
  • davkan 4mo ago
    For the vast majority of users bitlocker just means that if someone steals your laptop or you leave it on a bus then short of a concerted effort by someone with technical ability, no one will have your photos or tax documents. It absolutely serves a meaningful purpose even if it has significant shortcomings.