• Hubi@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Since most people sign into Windows with their Microsoft account, does that mean that MS holds the decryption keys for your local hard drive?

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      6 months ago

      If you configure it to backup your keys to your account, yes.

      This (at least used to be) an opt in configuration option

    • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Idk. I just made a TL;DR. I’m not a Windows expert by any means. There’s no point for me in studying it cuz I only use it for gaming and don’t even consider it as my main OS