Comment by nagaiaida

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...