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The Most Common iPhone Passcodes

Posted by Soulskill on from the one-two-three-four dept.

Orome1 writes "The problem of poor passwords is not confined to computer use, and that fact was illustrated by an app developer who has added code to capture user passcodes to one of its applications. 'Because Big Brother's [the app in question] passcode setup screen and lock screen are nearly identical to those of the actual iPhone passcode lock, I figured that the collected information would closely correlate with actual iPhone passcodes,' says Daniel Amitay. It turns out that of the 204,508 recorded passcodes, 15% were one of the most common ten."

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  1. 1-2-3-4-5? by TheRedDuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

    1. Re:1-2-3-4-5? by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's a special feature of "Spaceballs: The Suitcase."

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  2. Why lock it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why lock the iPhone? If you lose it and it is unlocked maybe someone will try to contact someone on your list and return it.

  3. What I find most amazing ... by slinches · · Score: 4, Funny

    What I find most amazing is that the iphone only allows 4 digit 0-9 passcodes. That's only 5040 unique codes if I remember the math correctly.

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  4. Re:What? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    No 4242?

    I use the last four digits of pi as my code.

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