[dark-star]

by default, yes. Can be disabled with a single click. That's something that even your Grandma can do, as opposed to installing VeraCrypt (with dozens of options on what to encrypt, and how, and when, ...)

[rstat1]

Well no actually I do not think either of my granmothers could have done that, nor would they have even known (or cared) what a Bitlocker even was.