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[-] Hubi@lemmy.world 3 points 7 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?

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 7 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 1 points 7 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

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