Submitted by DeadbeatUK t3_126vk2f in iphone
I realise 4 digits isn’t a lot but according to google there is still 10,000 possible 4 digit combinations. They got through that and also somehow into my banking app, again through passwords. Never underestimate the tech skills of thieves I guess…
It’s basic maths really
I was thinking the same thing.
But I guess everyone has things they are good at I can look at that number and not even think twice about it and know it is 10k while I need spell check to spell their most times. I always put ie
Well after being hacked I was interested!
Sorry, I thought the answer was obvious and I was just being a smart ass. I’m sorry this happened to you. There is a setting that will delete you info after like 10 incorrect attempts in a given time period. Or make it a 6 digit code instead of 4
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Did you have fingerprint smudges over the numbers? That reduces it to 24 permutations from 9999. You're allowed ten guesses I think so the thief has a nearly 50% chance of getting your pin right.
Was it 0000 or something equally stupid? Lol
I prefer 1234
Personally I go with 1111
No 🤣
maybe they watched you? hope they don't change your Apple ID password. See this story:
That video is very informative and quite scary! Thankfully they didn’t change my Apple ID or password. I’ll certainly be deleting the passwords from my keychain too after watching that. Thanks for posting.
Have you been aware of your surroundings? They can just look over your shoulder and just observe you. It's that easy.
So easy to do with 4 digit PINs. Mine’s a lot more and I can put it in so quickly, short of videoing me, nobody’s going to successfully observe me.
They definitely didn’t see me enter it, the guy befriended me then stole it from my pocket whilst hugging me. I hadn’t used the phone prior to this interaction. I will be more careful with entering my passcode in public though.
Looked over your shoulder. Humans can usually easily remember 5 digits when seeing someone type. That is why Apple now suggests 6 by default.
I heard that 7 digits is the most that people can easily remember which is why phone numbers are that length.
Id go six digit and maybe even alphanumeric. But also I’m very careful so people don’t see my PIN code Input
I am always surprised at non mixed alphanumeric passcodes
if it's a dedicated enough thief, there's computer programs they can run which "force" it's way into the phone, basically trying all possible combinations as fast as possible. once into the phone, it's easy for them to access your apps and saved passwords
Aren't brute force tricks don't quite work nowadays since phones and other security measures don't allow multiple incorrect password in a short amount of time? How many incorrect tries do we get before the phone counts down before you can enter a pin again?
Yes this is what I’m thinking, some sort of brute force software was possibly used.
jetty_junkie t1_jeb82kg wrote
Why is nobody talking about the fact that someone actually googled how many combinations there are for a 4 digit PIN