PC World

Newbie’s guide to Windows BitLocker: Why you need it and how to set it up

BitLocker is a crucial Windows feature that helps secure the data on your PC. The full version of BitLocker is only available on Windows 11 Pro, but you can still use it to a lesser degree on Windows ...

Yikes! Windows 11 can lock you out of your files. Here’s how to avoid the nightmare

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...
The Verge

Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11

Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. is a senior editor and ...

Windows 11's BitLocker encryption permanently locks 3TB of a user's backups — "Filled my PC with more spyware and viruses than I can count"

A Reddit user ended up losing 3TB of games and backups after reinstalling Windows 11 because the operating system was lagging. Turns out, the BitLocker security was enabled by default after Microsoft ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft to Make BitLocker Encryption the Default in Next Windows 11 Build

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