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[-] iterable@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Save a copy of your bitlocker keys to a Veracrypt drive with a password no shorter then 15 mixed characters. Then upload that encrypted container to any free service. They wont be able to open it and now you have a remote backup copy.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I employed the super secure expedient of never exporting my keys. I have no idea what they are, I never did, and I never will.

There's really no irreplaceable data on my Windows machine. If I have to reformat it some day A) that's no big deal, and B) it's Windows, what else is new.

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If the password is long 15 characters that means you use a password manager. At that point just put the bitlocker password in the password manager

[-] iterable@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

nope use password sentences easy when you make it a sentence you can remember

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