Even if you don’t care that MS and the federal government can decrypt your data, when Bitlocker is enabled your MS account becomes cryptographically linked to your identity and machine, making it a powerful tool for surveillance, identification, and DRM.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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Can I have those please? I think I need it to unlock an old hardrive.
If you uploaded your recovery key to Microsoft, then recovery is probably available in the normal recovery workflow.
This is why I don't use bit locker, nothing microslop controls secure in any way.
I was summoned to help eject a CD today.
I’m out.
cupholder.exe
All the more reason to use Linux. I will be swapping to Cachy or SteamOS Desktop, depending on when and how things play out.