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netsharc on March 13, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: This PIN can be easily guessed

Argh... wouldn't that make it brute force attacks more efficient? E.g. the suspect/victim is born on May 31st, his iPhone allows 10 PIN attempts. Your attack algorithm becomes:

1. Input "0531" on another iPhone's setup screen.

2. Try "0531" and the other suggested PINs, based on distance from thumb to the option.

falcor84 on March 13, 2020 [–]

Well, how is that any worse than the current situation? If you are 100% sure that the pin is based on the birthday, you probably already won

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