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You can set an iPhone to auto wipe after 10 wrong tries. Probably a prudent safeguard.
by viennacoder 13y ago
You can set an iPhone to auto wipe after 10 wrong tries. Probably a prudent safeguard.
- drakeandrews 13y agoMost android phones have the option to require the user to log into the google account paired with the phone after X failed attempts.
- lucian1900 13y agoAnd that has been the default on all Android phones I've used so far.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoThat's quite nice. Escalating to a stronger password after 5 failed attempts seems like a good measure which would got a long way to nullifying this sort of brute force attack. How does logging into the Google account work if the phone is in Airplane mode or whatever where there will be no data connection?
- drakeandrews 13y agoI think at that point the technical term is that you're screwed.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoI'm guessing it must be covered - either it won't escalate to the account login or something similar.
- afreak 13y agoThe phone does not need to be unlocked to go out of airplane mode.
- lanstein 13y agoWhat about two-factor auth?
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoThis is for a smartphone PIN code. Are you suggesting a separate second factor to the physical phone itself?
- JoshTriplett 13y agoPersonally, I'd like the option to set an unlock pin that's weaker than my disk encryption password, and prompt for my disk encryption password (rather than a Google account) if I fail the pin a couple of times.
- rrreese 13y agoYou can also set a proper password on the iPhone (and presumably Android). You should probably have one of these safeguards set up if your phone has unfettered access to your email, social networks, contacts etc.
- LeeHunter 13y agoYes indeed. And even the pin number can be longer than 4 digits (contrary to the article)