matthew - retroedge.tech
I am doing the data recovery on this now.

Laptop had Bitlocker enabled. I had to talk the laptop owner through how to access the Bitlocker key in his Microsoft account.

Thankfully the recovery key worked to unlock it. Turning Bitlocker off now.

The screen was damaged on this XPS laptop. I just have the internal screen cable unplugged and am using a Dell Thunderbolt dock to view with an external screen.

This Dell XPS only has USB-C form factor Thunderbolt ports, no regular USB ports or even an HDMI.

#Dell #XPS #Bitlocker #Microsoft

RT: https://social.retroedge.tech/objects/06c33a3a-dcf5-4c5d-9eac-5cc3c869660d
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Show threadOpenComputeDesignJun 13

@matthew I hate disk encryption so much.

And USB-C

Show threadmatthew - retroedge.techJun 13
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I am okay with disk encryption if the owner of the device enables it themselves and understands at least a little bit about it.

Microsoft enabling it on people's computers without their knowledge is really scummy.

I have full disk encryption on my ThinkPad laptop with Linux and I'm okay with that... because I set it up and I know about it.

And yes, laptops with only USB-C are no fun. And also that so many different technologies use the same port. Sometimes the port has DisplayPort, sometimes Thunderbolt, sometimes not.

#encryption #usbc
Show threadOpenComputeDesignJun 13
@matthew it is absolutely worth the tradeoff for some people. But it _is_ a tradeoff. I often see it pushed as though it has no downsides. It has _massive_ downsides. It is a major risk. I know a lot of security stalwarts would rather loose their files than see them fall into the wrong hands. Fair enough. But for most people, it's just not worth loosing their baby pictures. (Especially when they're probably just gonna post them on Facebook anyway)
Show threadmatthew - retroedge.techJun 13
Exactly. Most regular people are more concerned about loosing access to their own data than they would be about other people seeing their data.

I see this all the time.
Show threadOpenComputeDesignJun 13
@matthew reminds me of the time I found out PalmOS of all things is actually oddly secure when my little sister forgot her pass code, and lost all her poems.
Show threadOpenComputeDesignJun 13
@matthew it's hard to say because there's so much competition, but USB C might be one of the least standard "standards" ever :P