The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
the other options won’t let you continue without performing the actions in a way that windows likes.
So for someone trying to set up their PC, only the first option has zero cost.
option two requires an external drive without encryption
option 3 requires setting up a printer from that screen, so you can print the page. it won’t let you continue otherwise.
if you want to back up in some other way, you just don’t (or use PDF conversion from the print dialog)
They want the key, verifiably off the box, in clear text. Any usb stick. any sd card. Not great, but not any barrier that’s worse than needing to setup a microsoft account.
the other options won’t let you continue without performing the actions in a way that windows likes. So for someone trying to set up their PC, only the first option has zero cost.
option two requires an external drive without encryption
option 3 requires setting up a printer from that screen, so you can print the page. it won’t let you continue otherwise.
if you want to back up in some other way, you just don’t (or use PDF conversion from the print dialog)
They want the key, verifiably off the box, in clear text. Any usb stick. any sd card. Not great, but not any barrier that’s worse than needing to setup a microsoft account.