I always say in 1000 years time historians will still know more about the Egyptians than right now due to the papyrus and stone tablets still being around whilst all those .doc and .jpgs will be long gone.
It's a losing battle.
I asked myself this question -
"Do I want ANY of my parents data or photos?"
Answer - "No, not really, only until the will and probate is sorted! Got enough of my own crap to deal with without handing it onto to someone else to worry about...
I always say "Do you have data on your laptop that Tom Cruise will want to come down the skylight on a wire for?"
"Erm no, not really!"
I only encrypt anyone with a machine for business use that holds an amount of customer data for GDPR...
I can't see any reason to encrypt your drive using bitlocker unless you keep sensitive information on your hard drive and are worried about someone physically stealing your computer. In something like an office or a medical facility it would...
It doesnt work on Home machines (well it does but it ends in tears).
Most people do not know its encrypted. Most do not have their unlock key as a result. Sometimes its hidden in the MS Account but people cant find it. That or they do not have a...
Eh? I don't put stuff on a USB stick that I am worried about loosing. Compatability is more important. Lots of TVs only read fat32. I don't require redundancy to transfer files around.