Had the opportunity to test out Windows 8's "whole-hard-drive" encryption
the other day and was impressed:
.cheap upgrade (USD40, compared to Win 7 Ultimate's USD140+), and
Win 8 Pro (which has BitLocker) is automatically selected (until 31 Jan
2013)
.upgrade seems to function fin
Eric S Johnson writes:
> Had the opportunity to test out Windows 8's "whole-hard-drive" encryption
> the other day and was impressed:
...
> .allows user to back up private key online to "Microsoft account"
> (analogous to that offered by the FileVault2 in Mac OS 10.7+)
err... I do not