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by tallanvor 2661 days ago
Yes. By default you get 3 or 5 chances and then you have to use the recovery key. In corporate environments the recovery key is often stored in AD or another location by default so it's retrievable by IT (whether because the user entered the wrong PIN or because they quite /were fired and you still need to be able to get data off the computer.