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Why? Because local data recovery will be that much harder, forcing people into online backups with Microsoft
Device encryption is designed to improve the security of Windows machines by automatically enabling BitLocker encryption on the Windows install drive and backing up the recovery key to a Microsoft account or Entra ID.
Once again, Microsoft is missing the importance of consent both in forcing the encryption and in not giving users a choice in who holds the keys to your data.
OneDrive mysteriously moving and deleting your data without permission. BitLocker encrypting it without permission. What’s next?
Just randomly encrypting your application executables and forcing you to run the application inside a Windows VM on Azure - and paying for it, a.k.a Execution as a Service (or EaaS for short)…
I’m not even joking, that could happen.
You can avoid device encryption by using
a local accountLinux.This isn’t news, this has already been the case since Windows 10 1803 back in 2018.