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The Most Common iPhone Passcodes
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."
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
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.
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.
Knowledge Brings Fear
App in question in action. Description from the video :
"This is not a prank application! It really works, and takes pictures of anyone trying to access your iPhone. Big Brother is the only iPhone app which sets off an alarm AND takes a photo if the user presses the home button!
Want to know if someone has been sneaking a peak at your iPhone 4?
Turn on Big Brother, LOCK it, turn off your iPhone, and you're set!
Whenever a person enters an incorrect password, the device will take two photos!"
Not duplicating functionality in the iPhone, not actually stealing your passcode (just its own user settable one is sent back).
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