Comment by slashdave
1 day ago
Why take the drastic step of switching to linux (a difficult endeavor) when you can simply turn off key uploading.
1 day ago
Why take the drastic step of switching to linux (a difficult endeavor) when you can simply turn off key uploading.
Why continue to use an operating system that’s adversarial towards you?
I will never understand this from software engineers/tech people in general. That demographic knows how technology works, and are equipped to see exactly where and how Microsoft is taking advantage of them, and how the relationship is all take and zero give from their end. These people are also in the strongest position to switch to Linux.
The only explanation that makes sense to me is that there's an element of irrationality to it. Apple has a well known cult, but Microsoft might have one that's more subtle? Or maybe it's a reverse thing where they hate Linux for some equally irrational reasons? That one is harder to understand because Linux is just a kernel, not a corporation with a specific identity or spokesperson (except maybe Torvalds, but afaik he's well-regarded by everyone)
Or maybe Windows just works better for their use-case? Did you consider that?
Microsoft is known for regularly altering the deal. Just because you configure the OS to not upload keys today, does not mean that setting will be respected in the future.
Pray I don’t alter it further.
Because that gives you a lot more control over your computer than just solving this particular issue. If you care about privacy it's definitely a good idea.
Because Microsoft absolutely will make it mandatory somewhere in the not so distant future.
you've baked in an unfounded assumption that bitlocker is even initially enabled intentionally by someone who knows that's a choice they can make:
> Here's what happens on your Dell computer:
> BitLocker turns on automatically when you first set up Windows 10 or Windows 11
> It works quietly in the background, you won't notice it's there
> Your computer creates a special recovery key (like a backup password) that's saved to your Microsoft account
> You might be reading this article because:
> Your computer is asking for a BitLocker recovery key
...such as after your laptop resets its tpm randomly which is often the first time many people learn their disk is encrypted and that there's a corresponding recovery key in their microsoft account for the data they are now unexpectedly locked out of.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/el-gr/000124701/automatic...
oh man, it's so difficult even teenagers can do it within an hour and all they have to do is click on a few buttons.
Yeah, the real question is what comes after the install...