She locked her W11 laptop. Disk was encrypted and she couldn't recall neither login or password for MS account.
I'm way more scared of airport security stealing my laptop and getting access than I am of someone breaking into my home with the purpose of accessing my data.
Basically it hassles people like your friend, protects against the very unlikely scenario while leaving the more likely scenario unprotected.
Not to mention of course the bitlocker backdoor that was discovered last month.
I'm afraid i have some unfortunate news..
>t. someone who deals with "average users" on a daily basis.
The are also very aggressive when it comes to not reading error message or in fact learning anything about how computers or their OS works. Add to this usual entitlements and not seeing a problem with being dumb on purpose and you get a picture of an average user.
The companies know that and the dumbed down design we get is a diret consequence of it.
The point I'm trying to make is imagine you have to tell a customer that they can't keep using the network design they have, which fits their requirements almost perfectly, because it's too much burden for your network engineers to maintain. Instead, the customer can use this other network design that is suitable for the average customer. So it works, but not as well as before, and the customer will probably need to find some workarounds or shift other processes to accommodate. It's just shit.
My SO lost all her pictures several times over the year when changing phones. She still complains about it when she wants to share or find something old she knew she had but she has mostly accepted it.
I remember how many people nuke their iPhone and then call support about getting all their babies photos back. iCloud is largely a support call reduction feature first and foremost.