The bit locker key is saved to the Microsoft account of the user who set up the computer. I was messing with Linux on my new laptop and learned the hard way when it refused to boot back into Windows.
My favorite was finding out that bit locker was enabled on a forced update. The key was saved to the Microsoft account that was used to set up the lappy. Except, I didn’t use a Microsoft account because I’m not some tech marionette lemming who needs Gates hand shoved up my ass to tell me how to use my fucking computer. So I used a local account and disabled bitlocker via bios.
Nothing was lost, but it was still a pain in the dick hole.
So malware wasn’t enough, Windows wants to be a ransomware too?
Edit: I can already see it now. “Locked out of your files? For a small fee or our premium subscription, you can restore encrypted files that we lost.”
This ‘encrypt’ everything is such a waste of CPU and energy. Plus “oops, all your files are gone, tee hee.” HTTPS everywhere is fucking stupid. More complexity for zero benefit.
Because I have reasonable views about security drawbacks? That when I see a vulnerability, I also look at the whole situation and decide if that’s an acceptable risk, rather than screaming “Security issue!” at the top of my lungs and pretending that patching this one vulnerability somehow makes a difference when there’s always another found the next week??
Security isn’t free, it costs us by making it harder to get work done. “Security researchers” only know how to cover their ass. I can do that without their shrieking cries of wolf.
"Might as well not bother patching this actively-exploited security vulnerability, there’ll just be another one in the future, " LMAO
HTTPS isn’t only about encryption; it’s about talking to the right servers.
Great for my banking website.
Not at all important my my IOT sensor network.
Not EVERYTHING needs to be HTTPS
My wife asked me to help her with her Windows laptop one day. She was stuck at the bitlocker prompt and of course didn’t remember enabling it or being given a password. I was like, WTF, they’re just randomly turning this on by surprise now? LOL
Luckily she was able to eventually get it unlocked by calling MS support.
I like the “encryption, but we have the keys” approach. Makes it very secure, especially since MS never had any security breach or leak, ever.
It’s obviously mainly supposed to protect against basic thieves in this configuration.
Remember, always print your recovery code to pdf and save it to the same drive. This way, when it happens, you’re forced to only use Linux.
I had this happen to me with a hardware-encrypted bitlocker drive. I was forced to buy a new SSD, actually.
