TPM is a dedicated chip or firmware enabling hardware-level security, housing encryption keys, certificates, passwords, and sensitive data, “and shielding them from unauthorized access,” Microsoft senior product manager Steven Hosking wrote last month, declaring TPM 2.0 to be “a non-negotiable standard for the future of Windows.”

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    TPM is nice and all, but Micro$ encrypts your data without consent or a password. Which is insane.

    My backup windows install literall bitlock-ed itself

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        2 months ago

        You’re wrong, it’s true. installs of Windows 11 automatically have software bitlocker when installed on compatible storage devices. If you don’t sync with a Microsoft account, you are required to manually export the recovery key or risk getting locked out of the system. And you are not told that you need to do so.