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 ...
Techno-Science.net

BitLocker Recovery Key Saved My PC: Here’s How I Found and Used it

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...
Ars Technica

Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

It's amazing how often IT departments don't understand that if people can't work then there is no point in computers or the mentioned IT department. I'm having constant battles with them over actually ...
Ars Technica

Samsung 970 EVO and EDrive

I have bought the EVO specifically because it should be compatible with hardware based bitlocker As far as I understand by looking at guides here and here, enabling it requires first enabling ...