• kadu@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    remove the password from a Windows account

    That used to be true, but no longer works

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      Regardless, you can just read what’s on the disk anyway, so you don’t need to be able to log in.

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        1 year ago

        Unless bitlocker is enabled by default, which is becoming more and more common unfortunately…

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          unfortunately

          Unfortunately? How is encryption by default a bad thing? It’s amazingly good at protecting data from people who wouldn’t even know what encryption is.

          The number of lost laptops in coffee shops protected by BitLocker is insane.