Windows 11 24H2 reduces BitLocker eligibility, turns on automatic encryption for more PCs
https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/08/11/windows-11-24h2-reduces-bitlocker-eligibility-turns-on-automatic-encryption-for-more-pcs/
I haven’t used Windows much in a long time but am helping my dad set up a new computer. The end of the article talks about disabling BitLocker and presents it like that’s a good thing. Is BitLocker not a good encryption to use?
IMO, it's fine and good, but it is something you should opt into. If you know what's going on and know to backup your recovery keys, or just make normal backups, then all is well. But if you are unprepared it's fairly easy for you to end up locked out of your data in a lot of scenarios where it would have been recoverable without bitlocker turned on.
I just spent two days trying to get a Lenovo laptop to dual-boot Windows-11 and Ubuntu (on an external SSD drive). Bitlocker made it damn near impossible.
I even tried to reinstall Windows, but Lenovo's website kept locking up. Finally found the magic command-line incantation to disable Bitlocker. Zapped the whole thing and just installed Ubuntu.
The most useless waste of time since trying to figure out the exact right gcc flags to rebuild a library.