Legit question. Back in the day using something like TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt imparted such a performance hit that it was almost not worth it. Thats why many of us were happy when bitlocker was ...
Microsoft’s BitLocker is a security feature built into Windows that encrypts the entire hard drive. The idea is to protect your personal files from prying eyes in case your PC is ever lost or stolen.
As someone that did helpdesk for consumers for a long time, MS having the code was the only reason we were able to recover a large amount of data for many customers. That being said, people still ...