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minus-square@Psythik@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoBut my PC doesn’t even have a password. So how can my files be encrypted? I thought a password was manditory for file encryption to work.
minus-squareSynapselinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoYou probably haven’t activate Bitlocker. Up until now it was optional with Windows. I would argue it isn’t necessary for a desktop computer at home, but you should seriously consider activating disk encryption for a laptop.
minus-square@cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoTPM keys, and without your knowledge
But my PC doesn’t even have a password. So how can my files be encrypted? I thought a password was manditory for file encryption to work.
You probably haven’t activate Bitlocker. Up until now it was optional with Windows. I would argue it isn’t necessary for a desktop computer at home, but you should seriously consider activating disk encryption for a laptop.
TPM keys, and without your knowledge