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Change your smartphone password

#1 Macworld

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 03:00 AM

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#2 doglesby

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 07:43 AM

Why would I change my password? It's not sitting on a server somewhere for a hacker to attempt a brute force attack. If my phone is stolen tomorrow, how will a new password be more of a challenge than the current one? And when we can remote wipe our phones, why bother with more than a PIN? If you're going to make recommendations about securing phones, I'd like to see a discussion of the practical security benefits.