Bitlocker on USB flash drives

Couldn't you just make the desired PIN your password? For example, if you had the pin 123456 in mind (Bad PIN, just an example!), just make the password 123456.

Hi there

@win10freak

Why ANYBODY would bother with Bitlocker on home computer systems is totally beyond me -- if it's a corporate system then obviously they want to protect their intellectual property so if they don't want stuff to go into public domain then don't allow it at all -- and if people have to work from home then they should be able to access work related things via a work VPN and it's up to the I.T admins / security to administer that.

Seems to me the whole bitlocker thing is just an exercise in futility -- if companies don't want people to take secured documents etc home then why allow USB devices to connect in the first place --these days any self respecting business can supply access to documents to remote workers without them needing to save to local devices.

Incidentally all these people scared of "Unauthorized" logins --say if someone is being threatened -- why not a standard login with a specific password that tells the server at the other end that the login is being forced at "gunpoint" or whatever.

Simple solutions to complex problems are in general ALWAYS the best.

Bitlocker -- another C20 problem which has an easy C21 solution. FORGET IT !!!!

Cheers
jimbo

Jimbo45, just because you don't have a use for bitlocker doesn't mean that other persons might not benefit from it.

Example: I have a lot of personal documents - medical records, license keys for all my purchased software, digital copies of government issued documents, tax documents, banking info, etc. I like to keep all such private documents on bitlocker encrypted thumb drives.

Is that really so difficult to understand?

Compumind said:

Simple answer. What if your systems are stolen?

Hi there

@Compumind

in any case they'd have to logon first -- and in any case doesn't that make an even better case for keeping corporate / sensitive stuff away from removable devices -- surely if travelling in a possible place for laptop theft --e.g large chaotic airports then that's one time where I would store sensitive data on a cloud server or have it on a work VPN-- I don't care about multi-media stuff etc that might have been downloaded from that place flying the "Jolly Roger" etc (although I think they've now finally gone much to the relief of Hollywood etc)

Cheers
jimbo

It´s not clear to me what a PIN is. Is it a numbers-only password? Is there any restriction in the number of digits? In a Bit-Locker encrypted VHDX in a UFD, I can define a password as "123456789", no problem.