Windows 11 Encryption Won’t Secure Recall Feature But May Lock You Out From Your Data

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Talking critically about a security feature is always risky. Because security is good, and useful.

However, since we’re talking about Microsoft there is a controversy surrounding encryption by default.

When you’ll now install a new Windows 11 instance, for example because you bought a new laptop, you need to be extra aware of a change that Microsoft introduced.

Now, it will encrypt your device by default with BitLocker. The good news is that actually MacOS does it too.

But there’s also downside. The downside is apparently that your key will be stored on your Microsoft.com online account if you wish it to be or by defaultz that’s unclear.

You know, that throw away account you create to install the system.

So now you’ll need to keep credentials to that account or save your key to local storage. Otherwise you may be screwed and loose access to all of your data forever.

Even though Windows is great, the belief in Microsoft sanity is controversial

With Microsoft nothing is sure, so what you need to do is check if any new update didn’t encrypt your device. You can…