Timeline for Possible to have different passwords for device encryption and screen lock?
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| Nov 7, 2021 at 11:14 | history | edited | Robert | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 1700 characters in body |
| Aug 17, 2021 at 14:43 | comment | added | Robert | @AndreKR In case of possible shoulder surfing attacks the convenient way would be using the fingerprint reader. I wrote "not necessary" as for the original FDE a longer password was inevitable as the password was directly used to derive the encryption key from it. Therefore an attacker was able to break a short password by an brute-force-attack on the encrypted partition in less than a few days. | |
| Aug 17, 2021 at 14:21 | comment | added | AndreKR | "Nor necessary"? As I understand OP wants a longer encryption password in case the convenient short screen lock password is compromised by shoulder surfing. Why wouldn't this be necessary any more? | |
| Aug 17, 2021 at 7:14 | history | answered | Robert | CC BY-SA 4.0 |