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Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11
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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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when it automatically enables on win11 home, it doesn't actually "enable" until you do sign-in to windows with a microsoft account so it has a place to stash the recovery key.
and, i have not had any difficulty turning the encryption off on win11 home systems.