BitLock

Verb

BitLock (third-person singular simple present BitLocks, present participle BitLocking, simple past and past participle BitLocked)

1. (transitive) To encrypt (something) using the BitLocker encryption software for Microsoft Windows.
   • If a laptop gets stolen but you have sensitive data on it... Now an admin can decide to BitLock the drives and you can start the system only when you have the chipcard as well. This works a level below the OS, so you canNOT just install another OS to read the disk, as it was with NTFS privileges.2008 December 4, Lysander, “Re: Windows Temp folder”, in dbase.programming (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Mar 2026
   • Members of the British government were blabbering about not being able to decrypt BitLocked files... until someone reminded them that the very thing that they were asking for would make *their* own encrypted files accessible to any foreign entity who had such tools.2009 November 7, John John - MVP, “Is it possible to decrypt EFS files without backup certificate”, in microsoft.public.security.homeusers (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Mar 2026