It's been a long time and glad to see the Ars Hive Mind™ is still alive and well. I have two questions. First is in regards to TPM: I used group policy to bypass the TPM requirement and up until now ...

When you really need to keep your files safe and secure, you need encryption. We’ve covered the basics before, and even rounded up your favorite encryption tools, but today we’re putting two of the ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

Microsoft can hand over BitLocker recovery keys to governments, meaning your encrypted data isn’t private. BitLocker suggests saving keys to your Microsoft Account by default, letting Microsoft access ...