Question: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? Answer: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those options. ...

If you set up Windows 11 normally with a Microsoft account, your BitLocker recovery keys will automatically be backed up to your Microsoft account, which is frankly, the best way to do it.

As users of Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise have access to, and will likely use, the full-disk encryption BitLocker feature, Microsoft has acted quickly.

Last month's BitLocker Recovery bug should be a wake-up call for everyone who owns a Windows PC. Make sure you have a copy of your recovery key so you can avoid being locked out of your data files.

Microsoft BitLocker is a fine volume encryption tool only marred by unnecessarily complex hardware and software requirements. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or ...

How to disable BitLocker on Windows 10. To remove the drive encryption, use these steps: Open Start. Search for Control Panel and click the top result to open the app. Click on System and Security.

Microsoft’s software encryption for SSDs, BitLocker, has been found to be slowing down SSD performance by up to 45% in Windows 11 Pro. BitLocker is enabled automatically when Windows 11 Pro is ...

Microsoft is downplaying the severity of a password leakage issue in BitLocker, the full disk encryption feature built into Windows Vista, insisting that a real world attack scenario is "very ...

Microsoft has disabled a fix for a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability due to firmware incompatibility issues that were causing patched Windows devices to go into BitLocker recovery ...

Microsoft began pushing BitLocker with the Windows 11 23H2 update, which made BitLocker the default for new installations on supported systems. With 24H2, that setting expands to reinstallations ...

BitLocker is an on-by-default setting in Windows 11 Pro that is meant to encrypt and protect your data. While that sounds all good and dandy, the setting now appears to rob as much as 45 percent ...