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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by fao_ on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @10:57AM (#14088414)
This is why I chose one that doubles back on itself in a non-obvious way. I've tested it by trying to teach people the password, it usually takes them quite a while to learn it, even when I do it really, really slowly and give them lots of tries
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by ballenf on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:52PM (#14091205)
Last time I used this on Android, there were 9 points but I couldn't use any one more than once. You can double back in a very limited way, but the more complex patterns I wanted to use were impossible.

I'm sure there's more written on this, but most patterns I've seen are just way too short. And hug the outer edge, are in-order, etc.

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