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Microsoft is being sued by a man who feels cheated by the current plans to sunset Windows 10. He makes some good points, but I doubt he'll win.

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[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'd argue that you now have two major issues. Someone breaking into a house and stealing a desktop isn't unheard of. Full disk encryption with secure boot deployed will save you the headache of also having your identity/bank account/cc info stolen a few days later.

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

... Secure boot has nothing to do with encryption and your data. Bitlocker can work without secure boot https://superuser.com/questions/1200958/does-enabling-bitlocker-require-secureboot

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I mean yeah that's why I made the distinction in my comment... Without secure boot you're still opening yourself up to a whole host of other attack vectors even if you have bitlocker enabled.

[-] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I'd argue that 99,9% don't use full disk encryption cause it's Infact a performance degrading feature.

And there's nothing to be stolen , all my passwords are in a password manager , all important accounts including the password manager have 2fa.

If someone isn't a pw manager or 2fa it's all their fault honestly.

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