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Repair Mode could hide your personal data while your Pixel phone is being fixed (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/android@lemmy.ml
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If they have physical access, they can access your stuff. It's hard to get around that.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Depends. An encrypted data volume could be theoretically uncrackable.

    Most android devices actually work this way, afaik. Before the first unlock of the device, after boot, the entire data volume is encrypted.

    Not very strongly, if you use a pin, but repair mode could be set to require a proper password.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah the current problem is both systems and data usually use the same password. If they separate it out you could boot and check the system without data. Or in this case repair mode could temporarily ensure the data volume uses a different password.

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