The risks of TPM?
The risks of TPM?
I hope not; if forced to use Bitlocker, I’d switch to Linux. I don’t prefer full HDD or SSD encryption on personal systems because it’s excessive, unnecessary, and poses a significant risk of data loss if things go wrong.
I believe the main concern is whether the module will simply fail or be overlooked, and I’m not trying to fully explain how it works—just asking what I understand. If something relies on that component and it stops functioning, that indicates a problem. That’s why I doubt the company will proceed with this, though time will show otherwise.
As long as you've got your recovery key there's no problem. If you even have bitlocker enabled that is, otherwise there's literally nothing to do. Why wouldn't they? Some big brand OEM PCs have been delivered with bitlocker enabled out of the box for quite a while already and there hasn't been an outrage. My Dell laptop that's 1.5 year old came with all security features including bitlocker pre-enabled, and the OOBE had you save the recovery key. ...and going off to a tangent here, but if you're that worried it means you don't have proper backup procedures in place and you have something else to fix, regardless of any of this.
You can also locate your recovery key by signing in with your Microsoft account at microsoft.com
However, as noted, it contains inaccuracies due to poor translation or wording in the BIOS. I’m using BitLocker and have successfully moved drives. The phrasing is confusing—saying the data would be instantly lost if the recovery key or ROM chip is replaced implies a complete loss even with working components.
i mean if youre right then this is a lot less of an issue, but most people seem to think otherwise. And i agree it makes no sense because as said as soon your mobo breaks your encrypted data is toast, that would be a huge oversight… Between different computers? And do you have tpm enabled? apparently theres a method to use bitlocker without tpm.