I use bitlocker on a old windows 10 pro laptop. I will not be using this laptop.
I now use bitlocker on a windows 11 pro laptop and this is going to be my main laptop.
I have the bitlocker recovery key for both laptops on a usb flash drive. It is safe to save these recovery key to dropbox/gmail? Because if someone has access to my bitlocker recovery key, they still need the physical windows laptop in order to access it right?
Now I read people store their bitlocker recovery key in the microsoft account. Do most do that? Do people here do it with a usb flash drive? The issue here is if you put it in a usb flash drive, don't you need to encrypt it? Because if your laptop is there and also the flash drive, well someone can just enter the bitlocker recovery key and bypass the password?
So best location to putt he bitlocker recovery key? Should it be 2 places? Should it be encrypted? If so, what encryption?
I now use bitlocker on a windows 11 pro laptop and this is going to be my main laptop.
I have the bitlocker recovery key for both laptops on a usb flash drive. It is safe to save these recovery key to dropbox/gmail? Because if someone has access to my bitlocker recovery key, they still need the physical windows laptop in order to access it right?
Now I read people store their bitlocker recovery key in the microsoft account. Do most do that? Do people here do it with a usb flash drive? The issue here is if you put it in a usb flash drive, don't you need to encrypt it? Because if your laptop is there and also the flash drive, well someone can just enter the bitlocker recovery key and bypass the password?
So best location to putt he bitlocker recovery key? Should it be 2 places? Should it be encrypted? If so, what encryption?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro