On 02/14/2014 01:54 PM, Nathan Freitas wrote: > On 02/14/2014 12:06 PM, Jack Murphy wrote: >> >> I've considered buying an android smartphone, but I've held off in >> the past because the max password length was a crackable mere 16 >> characters in length. >> >> Does anyone here who's running Jelly Bean know what that max >> password length for device encryption is these days? > > I believe the screen lock is still 16 but you can change (if rooted) > to a different (longer?) password for the full disk encryption/boot > password. > > See this post: > http://nelenkov.blogspot.com/2012/08/changing-androids-disk-encryption.html > > and this app: > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nick.cryptfs.passwdmanager&hl=en > > I can do more testing in the coming week and let you know. > > +n > Yeah with cryptfs I can confirm that the boot/disk encryption password can be longer than 16.
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