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Re:Law Enforcement Is Accessing Locked Devices by Forbo on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @05:46PM (#25366405)
Android has a 16 character limit for your password. Or at least it did as of Android 10, not sure if that's changed.
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Re:Law Enforcement Is Accessing Locked Devices by marcan_42 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:20PM (#25369661)
If you root your phone, you can set your FDE passphrase to whatever you want while keeping a usable shorter unlock code. My phone's FDE passphrase is 26 characters long.
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