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    BitLocker on Windows 8

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Aeyix, Sep 7, 2013.

  1. Aeyix

    Aeyix Notebook Evangelist

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    How exactly does it work? Is it worth using? Thanks!
     
    Aeyix, Sep 7, 2013
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    Seems to me the recent revelation that NSA is getting back doors into various encription systems would discourage me from trusting Microsoft. If you are in need of a safe encription system look at TrueCrypt.
     
    Feral1, Sep 7, 2013
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    I thought Windows 8 core does not include Bitlocker, just 8 pro and 8 enterprise.
     
    Tax, Sep 8, 2013
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  4. Jobine

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    Use TrueCrypt instead. It has more features, and comes from a more reliable source, and is fully cross-platform. Also, it does not require W8 pro.
     
    Jobine, Sep 8, 2013
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  5. Aeyix

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    Let me reprase. I have windows 8 pro. I don't know what bitlocker is or how it works. Can someone please explain if to me?
     
    Aeyix, Sep 8, 2013
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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  7. ajnindlo

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    Bitlocker encrypts your hard drive so nobody can look at your files without a password, even if they took the drive out and put it in another computer. The NSA US gov can read it, but police and FBI can't. The FBI might pull some NSA strings though.

    Truecrypt also lets you encrypt the hard drive. You can also encrypt just some files and not the whole drive. You can create virtual drives that look like normal hard drives, but every file on that virtual drive would be encrypted. Truecrypt offers more options and much more security. It has also been around for a long time.

    BTW, I tried a predescessor to Bitlocker, that Microsoft offered. I ended up loosing all my encrypted files.

    Truecrypt is the way to go. Try it with some sample files...
     
    ajnindlo, Sep 8, 2013
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  8. Jobine

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    I'm pretty sure the US gov has backdoors to AES, since they created it. Of course, if you ask a cryptographic agent, they will obviously deny this.
     
    Jobine, Sep 10, 2013
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