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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Pick a four-digit number. Pick a four-digit number that you won't forget so that you'll be able to use it as your password or your PIN. Since there are 10,000 four-digit ...
You probably know that your iPhone features a simple passcode functionality that secures the device by requiring, by default, a 4-digit PIN to unlock your phone. But as you also probably know, a 4 ...
Apple rolled out its new iOS 9 operating system Wednesday and with that comes a big security upgrade. The new operating system will now automatically default to a six digit PIN to unlock your ...
Is your credit card PIN number 1234? Sadly that unimaginative choice accounted for 11% of the 3.4 million four-digit passwords recently analyzed. Does your banking PIN, or mobile phone password ...
In an examination of 3.4 million four-digit passwords, the tech consultancy DataGenetics determined that users choose the PIN "1234" nearly 11% of the time.