Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza Hunh, turns out those folks are less than trustworthy.
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza Also, Microsoft’s opportunistic uploading of everything to OneDrive without permitting a true E2EE option…
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@Migueldeicaza Also, Microsoft’s opportunistic uploading of everything to OneDrive without permitting a true E2EE option…
@rosyna Joke is on us E2EE at Microsoft really means "End to End to Everyone [who asks politely]"
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza wait a hot second
Isn't TPM2 "required for Windows 11" to prevent exactly this thing from happening?
Are you implying that Microsoft sent 100s of millions of perfectly fine PCs to a farm upstate just because they want to sell more Windows?!
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza Cryptography works. Trusting giant corporations doesn't.
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza yet another reason to avoid windows
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza Windows home editions only come with the Device Encryption feature with mandatory key escrow to OneDrive.
The BitLocker feature for local or on-prem AD backup of the keys is only on Pro SKUs onwards
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza bitlocker? More like bootlicker

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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social Reminds me of those "Is Windows 7 BitLocker backdoored" debates. In hindsight, it was the most secure version in history because it didn't use cloud accounts.
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@Migueldeicaza wait a hot second
Isn't TPM2 "required for Windows 11" to prevent exactly this thing from happening?
Are you implying that Microsoft sent 100s of millions of perfectly fine PCs to a farm upstate just because they want to sell more Windows?!
No TPM2 locked by MS can be used by MS to block you or software you installed from other sources.
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
It reminded me of my Windows 95: the login window asked for a password, but started up anyway even if the password field was left blank.
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Turns out that Microsoft's BitLocker security for the data stored on your hard drive is just a placebo.
Might as well give your password to everyone:
@Migueldeicaza Who tf does store BitLocker keys at Microsoft?
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