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		Forbo on Dec 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Law Enforcement Is Accessing Locked Devices Android has a 16 character limit for your password. Or at least it did as of Android 10, not sure if that's changed.

marcan_42 on Dec 10, 2020 [–]

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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