Six-digit security PINs provide little more security than four-digit ones, according to research by a German-US team. It has everything to do with psychology. “Mathematically speaking, there is a huge ...

There's no reason to believe a six-digit PIN is substantially more secure than a four-digit PIN, according to a research paper on mobile phone passcodes. The reason? When asked to choose longer PINs, ...

Apple and Android implement a number of measures to protect their users’ devices. An international team of IT security experts has investigated how useful they are. A German-American team of IT ...

A German-American team of IT security researchers has investigated how users choose the PIN for their mobile phones and how they can be convinced to use a more secure number combination. They found ...

A new report claims that one of the major features of the latest iOS 13.3 update is failing to deliver its promised protection. CC Public Domain/pxhere.com iPhone users, particularly those who use ...

A recent report by 'Information is Beautiful' has revealed the most commonly used four-digit PINs. 1234 is on top of the list, based on 3.4 million data points visualized from several data breaches. A ...

A study of over 216 million four-digit PIN codes shows which combinations are chosen particularly frequently and are therefore the easiest to crack. A recent analysis of over 216 million four-digit ...

Four-digit Ethereum Name Service domains have become hot property. The realization that there are only 10,000 four-digit combinations has driven prices into the thousands of dollars. A new craze is ...

Setting up a four-digit password for the mAadhaar app is a crucial step in securing your Aadhaar data and ensuring safe access to various online services. Here's a detailed guide with to help you ...

An extra 15.7 million eight-digit mobile-phone numbers may be released by next year, meaning Hongkongers might soon have numbers starting with the ominous digit four, as well as seven and lucky number ...

A brain teaser shared on Instagram has been keeping people hooked to their screens. It features three hints on the basis of which one needs to find a four-digit number. A question on the brain teaser ...

Discord, the popular online gaming platform, and social media service, is set to undergo a major change as it phases out the four-digit tag that follows an individual's username. This change marks a ...