From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-01 00:05, Paul wrote:   
   > On Sat, 1/31/2026 9:31 AM, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Fri, 1/30/2026 5:03 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
      
   >> Now I need to do this on the PC I set up for my colleague as well!   
   >>   
   >   
   > There may also be a slider in Settings to turn off Bitlocker, as well.   
   >   
   > If you start Googling this topic of "I didn't know it was encrypted",   
   > there are some pretty complicated failure cases already. Someone   
   > took their laptop to Geek Squad, without knowing the disk was encrypted.   
   > The service person installed a new OS (they do that, just to make a dime),   
   > and in the process, a new Bitlocker key was made. But... the key was   
   > on the service persons MSA, not the customer MSA. And the customer   
   > later had a problem and needed the key. And the key on the Microsoft   
   > server was for his old OS copy. Then he had a problem trying to trace   
   > down the service person. Apparently some companies send all the   
   > computers to a central location for service, instead of using   
   > "Timmy-behind-the-counter" to do the work.   
      
   Wow.   
      
   >   
   > Expect more weird tales involving customers who got screwed by this.   
   >   
   > Encryption is a "write once-read never" technology, and it is just   
   > asking for trouble to be using it. You need a good reason   
   > to be applying it.   
      
   Like, a laptop can be stolen or lost, and I don't want the thieves to   
   read my data. But it has to be my decision to do it. I do it in my   
   laptop, running Linux. I am the only one that knows the password, there   
   is no backdoor.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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