Comment by iscoelho

If the device does not have BitLocker, WinRE already by default provides full Administrator access to the unencrypted disk via Command Prompt.

> I think that level of pushback against the claims is a valid (and small) amount of "downplaying". I haven't seen anyone claiming this isn't a serious issue.

If you look in the other threads about this, it's much more obvious. Look for brand new users. There's comparatively few in this thread, but the pattern is there: if the user's name is green, they're downplaying this.