[tor-talk] Android Encryption Max password length

[Nathan Freitas]

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