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I'd be curious if Apple had anonymous telemetry that showed what people were picking for their phone unlock PINs. Everyone I've ever seen set one does this sam
by thrower123 7y ago
I'd be curious if Apple had anonymous telemetry that showed what people were picking for their phone unlock PINs. Everyone I've ever seen set one does this same type of thing, either all one number, or they draw a line through the middle. The more advanced maybe use a date like their birthday that they can actually remember.
It's just security theater.
- breadandcrumbel 7y agoJust checked what's the most popular PINs... 1234 1111 0000 1212 7777 1004 2000 4444 2222 6969 9999 3333 5555 6666 1122 1313 8888 4321 2001 1010 https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/148224-these-are-the-20-most-common-phone-pins-is-your-device-vulnerable https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/148224-these-are-the... I'm not using any of this, but many of the people I know their PINs (family, girlfriend, close friends) Are actually using something from this list
- bristleworm 7y agoNo, PINs are not transmitted to Apple. "What this process appears to show is that Apple never sees, handles, or stores your device passcode or password in unencrypted form, and it never passes the passcode or password over anything but secure transport. It requires only your Apple ID account name and password, sent over HTTPS, as the first stage of logging into iCloud, but not for the later stages." Excerpt from: https://tidbits.com/2019/09/26/why-apple-asks-for-your-passcode-or-password-with-a-new-login-and-why-its-safe/ https://tidbits.com/2019/09/26/why-apple-asks-for-your-passc...