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    Microsoft secured my files! (europe.pub)
    submitted 3 days ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    Back in January Microsoft encrypted all my hard drives without saying anything. I was playing around with a dual boot yesterday and somehow aggravated Secureboot. So my C: panicked and required a 40 character key to unlock.

    Your key is backed up to the Microsoft account associated with your install. Which is considerate to the hackers. (and saved me from a re-install) But if you've got an unactivated copy, local account, or don't know your M$ account credentials, your boned.

    Control Panel > System Security > Bitlocker Encryption.

    BTW, I was aware that M$ was doing this and even made fun of the effected users. Karma.

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    [–] nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Bit late to this thread but I know a few commands that might help if you're stuck:

    manage-bde -off C: (or any other drive) This decrypts the volume and turns off bitlocker

    manage-bde -lock/unlock

    manage-bde -protectors -get C: (or any other drive) This displays your 48-digit key. I suggest you store it somewhere, just to be safe.

    Get-BitlockerVolume reveals which of your partitions are encrypted with Bitlocker.

    Disclaimer: I am not a terminal nerd, I just had similar problems years ago and went down the rabbit hole, used these commands and turned off bitlocker permanently. I don't use windows anymore, but when I did, it didn't cause any problems with bitlocker after this. If you're concerned about your un-encrypted hard drives, consider using Veracrypt (carefully!) or similar open source encryption software.

    [–] andybytes@programming.dev 24 points 1 day ago

    Windows is the virus.

    [–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Fuck Microsoft.

    I remember back in highschool a buddy encrypted his harddrive, didn't backup his key. He Lost ALOT when I upgraded his comp

    [–] Aganim@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    But how is that relevant to your 'Fuck Microsoft' if he knowingly encrypted his device, which is how you make it sound?

    I've enabled FDE on one of my Linux devices, I've already had to mount the filesystem in a rescue environment once because a failed update caused the system to be unable to boot. I would also have been hosed if I had lost the encryption key. Ok not really, because that's what backups are for, but you hopefully get the point.

    [–] AnohterDumbUserName@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    From what I gather though other memes, It looks like Windows 11 is enabling Bitlocker by default.

    [–] Aganim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

    I know, and the 'fuck Microsoft' is completely warranted for that. But shouting that and then coming up with a story where somebody enabled it themselves and subsequently lost their key, that doesn't make a lot of sense. Unless it was to illustrate the dangers of FDE, but in that case the point could have been made a bit clearer.

    [–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

    That's not a Microsoft issue. Loose your key and the door will stay close whatever it is.

    [–] stonedtemplepilot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I mean you can write your Bitlocker key down and store it safely or put it somewhere else safe.. Lol

    [–] Sydnxt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

    The main problem here is Bitlocker is being turned on by default on fresh 24H2 installs, most people that don't know how to bypass the online account requirement are making burner Microsoft accounts (Boomers), therefore do not know the credentials in 3-4 years when their computer needs a repair.

    [–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Alright, lol, I'll be the guy

    Hey OP, ever heard of Linux?

    [–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

    [–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I just leave secure boot/bitlocker off when it comes to my home system. It wasnt something I "needed" when I was dual booting windows 10 and it's not something I'm gonna enable now that I'm using 11.

    [–] thomasloven@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    It’s not ”leaving bitlocker off”, though. It’s ”be aware about it and turn bitlocker off manually” since it’s enabled by default in the latest updates.

    [–] stonedtemplepilot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    That's false. My Windows partition didn't magically enable bitlocker and I'm on 24h2. LTSC build and local account tho.

    [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago

    They can't do that legally without notifying our asking in eu

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    [–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 221 points 3 days ago (23 children)

    They also do spyware. They just renamed it "AI."

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    [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

    I've been preaching about this for a while. Many modern systems are getting bitlocker turned on by default.

    If your system gets messed up, or simply won't start because of some security vendors bad update, goodbye data. You need the recovery key, and if you don't have it, you'll never see your bits the the correct order again.

    [–] grue@lemmy.world 134 points 3 days ago (6 children)

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    [–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago (49 children)

    They desperately wanted to eliminate personal computers and replace them with dumb terminals running over the net.

    When the public rejected this idea

    THIS is their response. They are still insisting on total control of our computers.

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    [–] scheep@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

    This happened to me once and I had to redo my coursework over the weekend...now I use Fedora :D

    [–] yaroto98@lemmy.org 78 points 2 days ago (8 children)

    Just checked my wife's laptop. Local account, secure boot off, windows 10. It had a message telling me to setup a microsoft account to 'finish encrypting the device'. I clicked turn off, and it's currently decrypting the hard drive. Blech.

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    [–] 9point6@lemmy.world 157 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Holy shit, they automatically activate it on computers without an account to back the key up to?

    That's just malicious

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    [–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

    This has been happening to people randomly for years. Ysed to get calls about it all the time, and that was pre-covid

    [–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Always have backups! Doesnt matter what OS you use, stuff will break eventually.

    I prefer bootable full system images to my NAS for easy restores, and online file backups, both running daily.

    [–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    3-2-1 rule : 3 backups 2 different types of storage 1 copy off-site

    [–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

    Yup, I treat the '3' as 3 copies of data, so the first copy is just my working system, and the other 2 are various backups.

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