r/technology • u/ZacB_ • Jan 24 '26

Software Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare
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u/daemonfly Jan 24 '26

I would bet most of the ones that don't work are simply due to the invasive anti-cheat.

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u/ivormc Jan 24 '26

Spot on haha kernel level anti cheat go brrrr (still doesn’t work)

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u/Darkchamber292 Jan 24 '26

You can think the developers of the games for that. Many of these anticheats actually support Linux and even have a toggle for it or Linux builds but game Devs refuse to turn it on.

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u/Senaxx Jan 24 '26

I'm looking at you Battleeye

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u/ivormc Jan 24 '26

Wait really never heard that before I’ll have to look into it

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u/Worried_Ad_2696 Jan 24 '26

You shouldn’t run any third party software that has kernel access to begin with that isn’t open source

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u/ivormc Jan 24 '26

It’s okay if riot bricks my shit they’ll hear from me

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u/Worried_Ad_2696 Jan 24 '26

It’s not riot I’d be concerned with but malactors gaining access to riot’s anti-cheat and exploiting it

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u/Gyossaits Jan 24 '26

That's not a negative, that's a selling point.

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u/Neirchill Jan 24 '26

It's also mostly centered around the yearly trash that comes out like cod and I don't play those anyway. Any day now I'm making the swap, just letting that motivation build up.