Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature in its next major update to Windows 11. If you clean install the 24H2 version that’s rolling out in the coming months, device encryption will be enabled by default when you first sign in or set up a device with a Microsoft account, or work / school account.
Device encryption is designed to improve the security of Windows machines by automatically enabling BitLocker encryption on the Windows i