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<blockquote data-quote="orangenbaumblatt" data-source="post: 502966" data-attributes="member: 8104"><p>If you encrypt your Windows system with BitLocker, VeraCrypt or something equivalent you have to put in a password every time you boot up your machine. Also this prevents your data only if your PC is stolen physically. If you get infected with malware they have full disk access because it's unlocked when you use it.</p><p>To protect your data when the PC is in use, you can try to encrypt your external drives (make sure to lock them if you don't want the data to be accessed) or better, unplug it (there's no way to hack this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orangenbaumblatt, post: 502966, member: 8104"] If you encrypt your Windows system with BitLocker, VeraCrypt or something equivalent you have to put in a password every time you boot up your machine. Also this prevents your data only if your PC is stolen physically. If you get infected with malware they have full disk access because it's unlocked when you use it. To protect your data when the PC is in use, you can try to encrypt your external drives (make sure to lock them if you don't want the data to be accessed) or better, unplug it (there's no way to hack this :)). [/QUOTE]
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