• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    So, this means Microsoft has copies of every single bitlocker key, meaning that a bad actor could obtain them… Thereby making bitlocker less than worthless, it’s an active threat.
    MS really speedrunning worst possible software timeline

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      They don’t have a copy of every single Bitlocker key. They do have a copy of your Bitlocker key if you are dumb enough to allow it to sync with your Microsoft account, you know, “for convenience.”

      Don’t use a Microsoft account with Windows, even if you are forced to use Windows.

      • iterable@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Save a copy of your bitlocker keys to a Veracrypt drive with a password no shorter then 15 mixed characters. Then upload that encrypted container to any free service. They wont be able to open it and now you have a remote backup copy.

        • wischi@programming.dev
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          7 months ago

          Why not save a step, fuck bitlocker, and use veracrypt to encrypt your drive in the first place?

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              7 months ago

              If you can have two computers one should always be Linux. But gaming and certain software just does not work on Linux yet sadly. Hoping steam can turn that around.

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                7 months ago

                Made the switch about a year ago. Every game i wanted to play worked just fine. I suppose it depends on the games you play, but to say it just does not work is plainly just wrong

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                  7 months ago

                  Majority of anti-cheats do not work or not added to linux versions. So things like BF6, GTAO, etc do not work on linux sadly. If they did I would already be on linux full time.

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            7 months ago

            That is a option but it’s performance is bad and you need at least fifteen mix character password every time you boot. If you game you need to use bitlocker sadly or load times dive hard. Having a second drive in full Veracrypt is fine for things like basic documents but not to game on.