For the paranoid among us who do not want their personal data exposed should your device get lost, stolen or seized, Windows RT supports BitLocker drive encryption but not the creation of BitLocker-protected disks. The C: partition is protected by default, by that protection is not automatically extended to the MicroSD cards you insert into your tablet.
Here comes the sad part for some of you, you must have a professional version of Windows 7 or Windows 8 in order to enable BitLocker protecion on a volume.
This morning I have enabled BitLocker on a 64GB MicroSD and inserted it into the 2520. After providing my password via Windows Explorer on the desktop, and telling it to automatically unlock the disk on startup, my MicroSD is now protected from prying eyes. From now on, I will be the only one to see the boring pictures I've taken and listen to the podcasts and music I've downloaded. Take that NSA (who probably already have my decryption key on file).
Here comes the sad part for some of you, you must have a professional version of Windows 7 or Windows 8 in order to enable BitLocker protecion on a volume.
This morning I have enabled BitLocker on a 64GB MicroSD and inserted it into the 2520. After providing my password via Windows Explorer on the desktop, and telling it to automatically unlock the disk on startup, my MicroSD is now protected from prying eyes. From now on, I will be the only one to see the boring pictures I've taken and listen to the podcasts and music I've downloaded. Take that NSA (who probably already have my decryption key on file).