You’d better change your birthday – hackers may know your PIN

Discussion in 'mobile device security' started by guest, Jun 19, 2019.

  1. guest

    guest Guest

    You’d better change your birthday – hackers may know your PIN
    Are you in the 26% of people who use one of these PIN codes to unlock their phones?
    June 19, 2019

    https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/06/19/change-birthday-hackers-may-know-pin/
     
  2. trott3r

    trott3r Registered Member

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    Having just got a new phone I was wondering when I was getting it to recognise my finger print about the privacy aspect.

    Do finger prints or face ids get uploaded to manufactures server?

    Then a government may demand these and store them on their servers.
    Uk government departments break the law in that they don't destroy dna after 7? Years so no doubt they could these ids ad infinitum
     
  3. Floyd 57

    Floyd 57 Registered Member

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    If some1 else has physical access to your phone, don't expect a pin code to stop them. In fact my phone doesn't have a lock cuz it's always with me, except when I'm home ofc then I leave it
     
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