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[โ€“] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Bitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it's completely transparent to the user.

[โ€“] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 21 minutes ago

But my PC doesn't even have a password. So how can my files be encrypted? I thought a password was manditory for file encryption to work.