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by notpushkin 1250 days ago
Android phones are encrypted by default, but for encryption, they use the same PIN as your lock screen. There's some command you could run to replace it with a strong password while keeping screen lock PIN simple, but it didn't work for me last time I tried.
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mr_mitm 1249 days ago
Surely the data is encrypted using a 128 bit key or better, and the key is stored on some secure enclave which rate limits PIN entries, is it not?
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notpushkin 1245 days ago
> Surely the data is encrypted using a 128 bit key or better

I think so, yeah.

> and the key is stored on some secure enclave which rate limits PIN entries, is it not?

That – I'm not so sure about. I didn't really think about it too much before you pointed it out, but it would make sense for the Android floks to have implemented it. I'll look into it a bit later!

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