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If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...

Fix BitLocker error E_FVE_TPM_NOT_DETECTED, The booting system doesn't have or doesn't detect a TPM in Windows 11/10.

Microsoft’s recent directive that BitLocker be turned on by default in Windows 11 caused some consternation in the PC world. What is BitLocker and why do I need it?

If you're in the habit of transferring files using USB drives, you may want to protect the information you store on them.

Let’s say you use BitLocker Drive Encryption to store your files and you later experience a problem with your PC and need that recovery key. If you don’t have it anymore, you’re toast.

Facepalm: BitLocker is a full volume encryption feature introduced by Microsoft with Windows Vista. The technology can apparently keep users' data safe thanks to AES and other advanced encryption ...

38C3: BitLocker encryption of Windows 11 bypassed without opening the PC Two years after a loophole was supposedly fixed, it can still be used to decrypt BitLocker-protected hard disks in Windows 11 ...

It has long been predicted that quantum computers would make current encryption technology obsolete, and scientists said they have broken a form of RSA encryption using a D-Wave quantum computer.

BitLocker and Device Encryption are critical tools for protecting a PC’s data from thieves. Here’s everything you need to know about the encryption technologies built into Windows 10 and 11.