If you have an Apple or an Android phone—and you probably do—you have the option of locking your phone using a PIN code. With most of these phones, you can choose a four-digit PIN or a six-digit PIN.

Android offers a number of ways to lock down your device. There is the classic pattern lock, PINs, passwords, and the gimmicky face unlock. These options (mostly) get the job done, but a passcode that ...

Guess how long it would take a computer to brute-force an 8-number password. The answer: instantly. That's according to Hive Systems' Password Table, which shows how shockingly quick passwords of ...

Tech experts are warning that some of the most widely recommended PIN codes for protecting your electronics may now be the easiest for hackers to crack — all thanks to their rising popularity. IT pro ...

It’s no secret that smartphone PIN codes are not perfect, but new research suggests they might be next to worthless. A team of scientists at Newcastle University in the U.K. was able to guess a user’s ...

Today’s #GalaxyS9 troubleshooting article wants to address one of the common problems in Android devices — user being locked out due to incorrect or non-working PIN. We hope you’ll find this post ...

What's safer? Using a numeric PIN code to unlock your Android smartphone or relying on a finger squiggle? Newly-released research suggests that, at least when someone close by could be looking over ...

Password health is important, but don’t overlook the humble PIN, too. Often just four digits, it stands between bad actors and major parts of your life: your bank account, your smartphone, your home ...

Logging into a Windows computer with a PIN is faster than using a password; that’s why users like this option. You may see Something went wrong and your PIN isn’t available (code:0xd0000225) because ...