Re: PSA: Veracrypt has pre boot authentication (& why it's better for older PCs)

Maria Sophia <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:57:23 -0500
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
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Maria Sophia wrote:
> Note that I suspect that Microsoft is trying to promote their encryption,
> which may be why Windows 11 has the TPM/MSA requirements that it has, but I
> can't prove that suspicion but I'd like to ask what you think about it.

Ooops. I apologize for the dual post in the same article, as I had edited
it to include the section on why I suspect Microsoft is so desperate for us
to have an MSA and TPM on Windows 11 machines (which locks us into them).

In my edits in gVim, I accidentally forgot to delete the previous edit.

Moving forward, I'd be curious to know what folks think of the Veracrypt
model, which has uniformity and protection advantages over Bitlocker FDE.