Do you know how many people use 4 digit passcodes, or no passcodes at all?
Do you know how many people share that passcode with others, intentionally or unintentionally? Family members, spouses, etc. repair people who do screen replacements. Their buddy, who can text for them while they drive.
I’m sitting on a plane and saw the person next to me enter her passcode. It’s 258085.
That is not a secure 6 digit passcode, it’s a vertical Tetris shape. Humans are great at pattern recognition, particularly when it’s in a grid format and leaves finger smudges.
I could easily pick pocket this woman’s phone and ruin her weekend without much effort at all, just from reading this article.
I think deep inside you do understand the difference between immediate root access to a system without knowing anything at all and spying on somebody to learn their passcode. And even if I do agree it's definitely a change for the worst it doesn't deserve they same hysterical response the root no password required bug deservedly got.
the root password hack also required physical access, or some sort of proximity access on a network LAN, to be able to work. It’s really not that much different than snooping on someone sitting a few seats away from you at the bar
Do you know how many people share that passcode with others, intentionally or unintentionally? Family members, spouses, etc. repair people who do screen replacements. Their buddy, who can text for them while they drive.
I’m sitting on a plane and saw the person next to me enter her passcode. It’s 258085.
That is not a secure 6 digit passcode, it’s a vertical Tetris shape. Humans are great at pattern recognition, particularly when it’s in a grid format and leaves finger smudges.
I could easily pick pocket this woman’s phone and ruin her weekend without much effort at all, just from reading this article.
But you say her 6 digit passcode is quite secure?