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Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by contravariant on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:05AM (#32024639)
Well yeah, but you asked about ordinary everyday users. And the best I can come up with is that it's marginally harder to load a foreign OS and access an unencrypted drive. You can't just plug in a USB stick and power cycle the thing.

Though I'm not sure if it's worth it, especially not if changing the bios is just a matter of seconds anyway (ordinary users probably won't put a password on it).

Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by mjg59 on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:34AM (#32024827)
Windows enables TPM-backed Bitlocker by default on initial boot these days.
Re:Lenovo shipping new laptops that only boot Windows by def... by AshamedCaptain on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:15AM (#32025137)
And most OEMs have enabled/pre-provisioned it by default for almost a decade, since Windows 8 times.