Re: WG bans

5 hours ago, StringBuilder said:

When to use Windows encryption is basic knowledge of common Windows user and if you are recommending it in public forum, you must know more than nothing about it. Encrypting WoT folder is completely useless because for any Windows application (including WoT client), these encrypted files are fully transparent as if they are not encrypted. You use encryption to protect your data from other users and when your HDD is stolen.

The term is “Data at Rest Encryption”.   Windows encryption (aka BitLocker) is applied to all files — even executables.  As you said, BitLocker protects the files **as they sit on disk**.  The Windows encryption subsystem de-crypts files on the fly as they are loaded into memory, leveraging the user credentials/key.  Once in memory — all is open to be inspected.