[shrubble]

So whose computer is it at this point? MS encrypts your data, but keeps the recovery key.

Let's say you encrypt the drive, and then travel outside the country and come back. The border patrol officer says "I want to see everything on your hard drive" and you refuse, being an American citizen and all.

They call Microsoft and recover all the data...

[gjsman-1000]

The alternative was no encryption at all; which is even more convenient for recovering your data.

[add-sub-mul-div]

Not to mention the other alternative of saving your keys locally instead of uploading them to your account, which is optional.

[Flameancer]

I mean if you’re that worried about ms having your keys, you can always encrypt with a local account and save the key somewhere else. But also if you’re that worried about v someone having access to your data, why are you using a non open source OS anyways?