From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 1/28/2026 9:35 PM, Paul wrote:   
   > On Wed, 1/28/2026 5:32 PM, knuttle wrote:   
   >> On 01/28/2026 2:51 PM, Peter Jason wrote:   
   >>> https://tinyurl.com/25umgsn7   
   >>   
   >> There have been several post to his original Warning.   
   >> I still don't know what the warning was, and if I should get upset by it.   
   >   
   > For a lot of people, their C: drive has been encrypted without their   
   knowledge.   
   >   
   > I experienced that two days ago, while testing in a VM.   
   > (That's the *first* time that has happened here, for the record.)   
   > A copy of 24H2 Win11 Pro, started to encrypt itself after installation.   
   > I stopped it.   
   >   
   > Depending on the encryption scheme, it can greatly increase the size of   
   > backups (if the backups are done of the encrypted volume at rest ant   
   > not mounted). Presumably unlocked volumes back up as normal   
   > in a plaintext format.   
      
      
   > To check your encryption status, in Administrator terminal you can   
   >   
   >     manage-bde -status   
   >   
   > and see.   
      
      
   Interesting. My latest W11 Pro Sneeze brand laptop toy that upgraded   
   itself to 25H2 from the 23H2 it had when it arrived a few weeks ago says:   
      
   PS C:\Users\AJL> manage-bde -status   
   BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.26100   
   Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.   
      
   Disk volumes that can be protected with   
   BitLocker Drive Encryption:   
   Volume \\?\Volume{1fe42e-5507-4b14\ [RecoveryImage]   
   [Data Volume]   
      
        Size:                 20.00 GB   
        BitLocker Version:    None   
        Conversion Status:    Fully Decrypted   
        Percentage Encrypted: 0.0%   
        Encryption Method:    None   
        Protection Status:    Protection Off   
        Lock Status:          Unlocked   
        Identification Field: None   
        Automatic Unlock:     Disabled   
        Key Protectors:       None Found   
      
   Volume C: [Windows]   
   [OS Volume]   
      
        Size:                 217.38 GB   
        BitLocker Version:    None   
        Conversion Status:    Fully Decrypted   
        Percentage Encrypted: 0.0%   
        Encryption Method:    None   
        Protection Status:    Protection Off   
        Lock Status:          Unlocked   
        Identification Field: None   
        Key Protectors:       None Found   
      
   Guess I'm hanging out then. Well maybe not cause my TurboTax is in the   
   sky, right Maria...  ;)   
      
      
   > If the FBI sweep up all the hardware in your house,   
   > they will be asking Microsoft for Recovery Keys for   
   > anything which has Microsoft encryption on it.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > If you really intended to protect your privacy with   
   > Veracrypt, then only you have the key, and only   
   > you can cough up the materials to make your C: into   
   > plaintext again. If you encrypt, encrypt like you   
   > really mean it.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > If you take your laptop through the border, and the border   
   > thug discovers encryption, he is going to assume you're   
   > Matt Helm and a secret agent, and you'll be held in   
   > the back room for a couple hours while they fart around.   
   > This is why you want to present a lily-white image   
   > while carrying your electronics across a border.   
   >   
   >    Paul   
   >   
      
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