How Apple and Google will kill the password

Re:How Apple and Google will kill the password by g_lined on Sunday January 30, 2011 @05:45PM (#2159419)

I don't think much to the idea in the article, however I think it's worth pointing out that iOS can be locked with a password instead of a PIN. http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/ http://www.9to5mac.com/14318/Alpha-numeric-Passcode-on-your-... http://wn.com/Alpha-numeric_passcode_for_iPhone [video]

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Re:How Apple and Google will kill the password by Groxx on Sunday January 30, 2011 @07:20PM (#2159683)

I haven't heard of that one before, actually. That's interesting... and way way way more complicated than it should be to set up a better password.

Many thanks for the links, I'll certainly aim to do something like that if I ever get an iThing. Know if it encrypts the contents of your phone too, or if they do this by default? Otherwise, I'd think you could just dump the flash memory.

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Re:How Apple and Google will kill the password by daniel02216 on Monday January 31, 2011 @12:21AM (#2160393)

I think the 3GS and 4G encrypt in hardware. Also, you can set your phone to drop the key to wipe the phone if someone inputs the wrong PIN/password 10 times in a row. You don't have to worry about someone brute forcing it.

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