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Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side
From: Anthony Miracle <ronin7 () calima7 net>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:44:55 -0400
As others have mentioned, it's often easy to figure it out from the marks left on the screen if you don't clean it often. Additionally, as a small experiment, I set a fairly complicated pattern and asked a co-worker to watch me quickly enter it once. He was able to duplicate the pattern on his first try. I did not have it set to display the pattern, he was just watching my finger. In my opinion, it's just easier to observe and memorize a pattern than it is to observe and memorize several rapidly typed numbers on these phones. --- Anthony Miracle (sequel7) On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 14:27, Sven Aluoor <aluoor () gmail com> wrote:
Hi folks Is "pattern security lock" more secure than a strong 4 characters PIN (I used it on iPhone)? Is the Android implementation vulnerable? cheers Sven _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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- Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Sven Aluoor (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Brian H (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Don Seymour (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Michael Salmon (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Michael Miller (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Dave (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Champ Clark III [Softwink] (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Michael Miller (Sep 16)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Dave (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Brian H (Sep 14)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Anthony Miracle (Sep 15)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Sven Aluoor (Sep 16)
- Re: Android: pattern security lock vs. 4 characters PIN from a security side Tyler Oderkirk (Sep 16)