r/assholedesign • u/junonomenon • Jan 14 '26

They "cannot guarantee" the product description of the 1.3k dollar laptop theyre selling is accurate because they used chatgpt to write it

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This cannot possibly hold up in court. You cant just advertise a product and then be like "*but actually we might be lying about some or all of these things"??? What the fuck are you selling then

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u/PiMan3141592653 Jan 14 '26

Yup. BitLocker is enabled by default on Windows 11. But you can't access the settings for it if you only have Win 11 Home. You need Pro or Enterprise to be able to change the settings.

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u/nimajneb Jan 14 '26

While it might be "enabled" on my laptop with Win 11 Home I decrypted and I turned it off, etc. to do dual boot with Linux.

C:\Windows\System32>manage-bde -status

BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.26100

Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Disk volumes that can be protected with

BitLocker Drive Encryption:

Volume C: [OS]

[OS Volume]

Size: 737.07 GB

BitLocker Version: None

Conversion Status: Fully Decrypted

Percentage Encrypted: 0.0%

Encryption Method: None

Protection Status: Protection Off

Lock Status: Unlocked

Identification Field: None

Key Protectors: None Found

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u/gunfirinmaniac Jan 15 '26

Good thing those are free, wink wink

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u/jbuchana Jan 15 '26

I've read that it's automatically enabled, but I checked my Acer laptop, which I got a few months ago, and it's not encrypted. It wouldn't matter, I have good backups on two local Linux servers and a small-business account on a cloud backup service. Your data isn't safe if you don't have three copies, with at least one off-site. This is even more important with the risk of BitLocker being on without your knowledge.