TPM is a dedicated chip or firmware enabling hardware-level security, housing encryption keys, certificates, passwords, and sensitive data, “and shielding them from unauthorized access,” Microsoft senior product manager Steven Hosking wrote last month, declaring TPM 2.0 to be “a non-negotiable standard for the future of Windows.”
TPM is nice and all, but Micro$ encrypts your data without consent or a password. Which is insane.
My backup windows install literall bitlock-ed itself
It is never done without a password.
You are spreading false information. Stop.
You’re wrong, it’s true. installs of Windows 11 automatically have software bitlocker when installed on compatible storage devices. If you don’t sync with a Microsoft account, you are required to manually export the recovery key or risk getting locked out of the system. And you are not told that you need to do so.
But that isn’t what he said. He said that MS encrypts your data without a password. That is not true.
You’re wrong. This can occur when setting up some OEM systems without a Microsoft account or password. Here is a SuperUser post where someone is asking how to deliberately put a disk back into this state. I have personally run into this.
I didnt log in with a microsoft account. I only gave my user password for my account.
This is no longer possible with recent builds of the Win11 installer :(
Damn. My install is older, so I will probably get a second SSD and keep that one forever