Do you have a source for that? I didn't think the phone's encryption key or password was backed up to Google. The help pages say that if you forgot your PIN, you should reset your phone.[1][2]

Of course Drive and Photos files are in Google servers and aren't E2E encrypted, but I don't think that's what you're talking about.

Full disclosure I work at Google but on nothing related to this.

[1] https://support.google.com/android/answer/7663172?hl=en

[2] https://www.techlicious.com/tip/what-to-do-if-you-forget-you...

Maybe, but they don’t give them for average repairman.

No they don't. The encryption keys are stored on the Titan M. It has tamper protection.

The Twitter user most likely has an easy to guess password.