What a nightmare.

I have helped a lot of people in my life with computers and encrypted drives have always been way more of a problem than a benefit. I get there are good use cases, but the majority of people should stay away from this technology unless they actually study and understand how it works.

I've never trusted full disk encryption because I understand the person most likely to get locked out of my data is me.

I can see the use case for laptops, but my security policy is "if you have physical access, you win".

"I can't use Linux windows just works",

I’m not sure what the problem is. His account is locked, but it’s not like he can’t still sign code and distribute it even if that means using a new account.

Edit: other articles point out that his company failed certification, and he’s not been able to reach support to find out why.

And this why Secure Boot can't be trusted. It is Micro$lop that signs and issues the keys.

Another reason to install Linux and be done with this shit.

I recommend starting with Fedora KDE, and delving to anything else later...

In Idrassi’s case, he said he is able to push new updates to Linux and macOS users unhindered, but the majority of his users that run Windows cannot currently receive updates.

So, no problem then.

Another reason to leave Windows...

(I know, my comment doesn't address the core issue)

I think your link is broken: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/