Trusted computing means that megacorps and imperial core governments can trust your computer to betray you for their benefit
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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It's been known for a very long time that BitLocker is not truly secure. It's good enough to prevent your data being leaked to however found your laptop in a bus stop, but Microsoft always holds the keys and has been known to unlock it for a long time.
It's not a big surprise but still good to know that it actually happened.