Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Tech@programming.devEnglish · 3 months ago

Microsoft locks Windows 11 user out, shows how easy losing data from forced encryption is

cross-posted to:
technology@lemmit.online

133

Microsoft locks Windows 11 user out, shows how easy losing data from forced encryption is

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Tech@programming.devEnglish · 3 months ago

cross-posted to:
technology@lemmit.online

The forced Microsoft Account requirement and BitLocker auto encryption can lead to catastrophic issues on Windows if you aren't careful, and especially in the case of a lockout.

Chat

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
1·
3 months ago
You have to sign in to get converted to a Microsoft account. It doesn’t magically give you a Microsoft account without your login info.

Tech@programming.dev

tech@programming.dev

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !tech@programming.dev

A community for high quality news and discussion around technological advancements and changes

Things that fit:

New tech releases
Major tech changes
Major milestones for tech
Major tech news such as data breaches, discontinuation

Things that don’t fit

Minor app updates
Government legislation
Company news
Opinion pieces

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

246 users / day
798 users / week
2.25K users / month
3.57K users / 6 months
5 local subscribers
1.88K subscribers
225 Posts
1.53K Comments
Modlog

mods:
Vacant@programming.dev