Tech Q&A: Why you should turn off Windows 11 automatic data encryption

Dear Microsoft: I will take my chances. I'm turning off encryption in Windows 11 before it's too late and I lose my PC's data. That's my idea of security. — Photo by Windows on Unsplash

There are always a few surprises in a new Windows operating system.

Even so, I was quite surprised to find that my newly installed Windows 11 Home was encrypting all the data on my PC, even though I hadn't told it to do so.