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Yup, she brute-forced it. This was back before touchID and faceID and IIRC GA pins were only four digits. The game quickly changed from let’s watch cartoons to
by chrsstrm 7y ago
Yup, she brute-forced it. This was back before touchID and faceID and IIRC GA pins were only four digits. The game quickly changed from let’s watch cartoons to let’s figure out how to change apps.
- BoorishBears 7y agoI mean, I just checked and now the pin is 6 digits long, and there's a 10 second time out between attempts. Your original comment implies there's some kind of fundamental flaw with GA that makes it useless, which apparently couldn't be further from the truth. Even with a 4 digit pin it takes 5 seconds to change it if it's figured out, and if the child has enough time to brute force 10,000 possible combinations without you being able to intervene and rebuff that behavior, I'd say that's it's own problem.
- darrenf 7y ago10,000 combinations aren't required. The child stops when the answer is right. And if they've ever noticed one or two digits when watching the parent unlock the iPad for them to use, it drops to 1,000 or 100 max.
- BoorishBears 7y agoMaybe you’re not aware, but technically you can guess any number in one try, saying you brute forced something with 10,000 combinations doesn’t mean it took 10k tries. 10k is a representation of the fact it’s not likely to guess it easily, and the new GA lock increases that number to 1 million combinations with 10 second lockouts. Not to mention, you should yes, generally avoid showing a pin to the person you’re keeping out. You don’t need to enter the pin to use GA. It’s also not the same pin used to unlock the iPad as your comment seems to imply.
- kkarakk 7y agojust wipe the ipad clean and see where the finger smudges happen in combination with finger movements. i was doing this on my dad's htc palmtop as a kid to access the browser