This was always a dumb idea. No different than a “master” TSA key. All it does is create a single point of failure.
And more and more governments are making demands about decrypting users data on demand, about blowing up security for their own greedy needs. They have no idea the awful horrific mess, the buggy by design systems we get when we forgoe security for their paranoid snooping. This is such a textbook lesson. Alas that we need another blow to the face to remind ourselves.
Monopoly practice hidden as security.
Secure Boot is part of UEFI. TPM2.0 is used only by bitlocker (at least for the average person, enterprises do store other keys in it).
This isn't true at all, Windows Hello uses it as a secure credentials store.
The fact that Windows 11 won't work without a TPM is a bonus.
> Monopoly practice hidden as security.
Actually you can, it's only checked by installer, if you modify it there is nothing stopping you from installing it. I have installed one on my parents computer. CPU wasn't supported but after installation everything worked ok.
Not a huge loss in my eyes, I see Win 11 as a strictly worse OS than Win 10. Haven't yet seen any feature whatsoever that strikes me as an improvement.
They stopped doing OEM licenses?
I still miss it...
This theft happens, that's the cut-and-dry of it.
Stealing luggage is so rare it’s meaningless. If you are really worried about your luggage, the easiest way to steal someone’s luggage is at baggage claim and just knock the lock off after they leave the airport.
There isn’t a ring of thieves at the airport stealing your clothes.
Lost luggage and delayed luggage is a bigger concern.
It was dumb because they thought the key would remain secret only to them, and thus provide an elegant balance of security and safety.
The rest of the story is that my wife and I literally have everything we own - aside from our former home that’s now a rental and our “winter home” thats rented out 7 months a year - in 4 suitcases and two carryon book bags.
If we lost all four of our suitcases, it would be a nuisance. But we could rebuy everything for less than $1000.
The only time that our stuff was mishandled was when I made a mistake and put her portable mixer (Amazon - not an affiliate link https://a.co/d/iBQivv5) in my checked bag. I could see why X-rays thought it looked suspicious. They broke the power cord.