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I have solved this (and a surprising number of similar problems) by pulling out the powerful camera I carry everywhere and taking a picture of the text I would otherwise need to remember.



I have an iPhone 13Pro Max and this solution is cumbersome.

When I walk back to my desk, my phone locks (due to time out or intentional habit of keeping it locked). Then I have to tap buttons to unlock phone, launch the photo app, and find the image I just took. Then I have to spend time later to delete the image.

iOS has OCR on images. I can copy and paste the password from the photo, but still not as efficient as no or simple password, since I must still deal with locking.

Perhaps, this is better on android.


Is Face ID so terrible? I'm still on iPhone 8 with fingerprint reader and unlocking is not something I notice, it's absolutely smooth.


I use FaceID and it works well (even with a mask), but you still have to tap to find the Photos app and then the image you just took.


Open camera (swipe from up side, then swipe from right side), click on latest photo in the corner, swipe if necessary. I very rarely open photos app.


that is exactly my point: lots of tapping, when a simple verbal easy to memorize password is requires no extra typing.


a clay tablet perhaps?




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