YellowKey reportedly works in Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 and 2025, but not in Windows 10.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Why do they call it “drive encryption” when it does not need a user-provided password or other key?

    • mlg@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      TPM microslop magic.

      What’s even funnier is that we already have TCG, ISE, and SE drives that hardware encrypt AES256 by design, so you still get at least an instant delete option if you never bother to set a key.

      Windows wants to double screw you over by never telling you it added a key, and then leaving you dead in the water if your TPM breaks, and then also failing to maintain their own TPM requirements making it completely useless lol.