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That entirely depends on the strength if your password. That iPhone 6 had a 4 digit PIN plus a hardware salt. 4 digits is bad as that's only 1000 guesses to get the correct code (if you get the salt). The iPhone 6 had additional code to stop brute forcing, and that was the crux of the issue. Eventually they paid someome for a software exploit (the FBI director at the time, Comey complained that was "unsustainable").

If your extra paranoid about the government or whoever decrypting your phone, use a strong passphrase and only use it for decrypting your phone. Also turn if off before any interactions with police/TSA/NSA/whoever. This will work for any reasonably new Android. If you don't trust me feel free to dig into the code yourself!



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