What is the best length to make your phone’s pin in order to balance security and convenience?
“best length” not sure but i use passphrase of 4 words and its convinient cause i type fast…
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I’m using GrapheneOS and only have a four character pin. If someone tries to brute force the password they’ll find themselves waiting longer and longer for another opportunity the guess.
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I use a 6 number pin
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Good point. What do you guys think? Is 4 digits enough?
WOW! Super secure, but way too long for me
8 digit PIN here
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Just had to show us up! 
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I use 6-7 digits, which I change periodically. 4 digit pins are still reasonable against brute force (as long as it isn’t something noobish like 1234 or 1111), though they are more prone to shoulder-surfing attacks, since you only have to watch for and ingest 4 numbers. Maybe that is too granular of an analysis, but perhaps will resonate with someone.
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GrapheneOS shuffles the digits, so the numbers aren’t where you’d expect them to be.
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I think I’ll stick with 4 digits for now, it’s the most convenient and still pretty secure.
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