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Re:Signal PINs by toomuchtodo on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:14PM (#23240290)
Same reason iPhones support PINs. It’s easier for the user, and provides some level of protection versus nothing.

If it’s not user friendly, the user will defer to convenience over security. Signal PINs do support alphanumeric strings FYI.

If you have a password manager, use a string. If not, a PIN works just fine.

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Re:Signal PINs by emerongi on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:18PM (#23240351)
It seems alphanumeric PINs are allowed now. At least on iOS, I do get the option to change the PIN to an alphanumeric one.

The whole PIN thing has changed quite a bit in the past 6 months or so.

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