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How to pick a good pass code for your mobile phone
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Friday January 22, 2010
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Friday January 22, 2010
Most mobile devices today, especially smartphones, have a way to lock them. Generally this is done with a four-digit pass code. How do you secure your device by
choosing a solid password
? Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains.Download this episode now
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Things you should NOT use:
- 0515 - Birthday month and day
- 1922 - Your birth year
- 0719 - Children's birthday
- 1224 - Other child's birthday
- 8010 - First 4 digits of your Zip Code
- 3581 - Digits from your street address
- Anything that people who know you could easily guess!
You can't keep people out of your mobile device if you use a pass code made up of numbers that they can guess!
Things you should CONSIDER using:
Random dates that mean something to you, like:
- 0918 - Date you met your wife
- 0612 - Date you graduated from high school
- 0412 - Your maternal grandmother's birthday
Random dates from history, like:
- 1812 - As in the War of
- 1510 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada
- 1901 - First Nobel prizes awarded
Other ideas for possible pass codes:
- Year you stopped going out on Halloween
- Year you first went to the dentist
- Year you got your first kiss
- Your grade point average in high school
- And other things that are outside the box!
- 0515 - Birthday month and day
- 1922 - Your birth year
- 0719 - Children's birthday
- 1224 - Other child's birthday
- 8010 - First 4 digits of your Zip Code
- 3581 - Digits from your street address
- Anything that people who know you could easily guess!
You can't keep people out of your mobile device if you use a pass code made up of numbers that they can guess!
Things you should CONSIDER using:
Random dates that mean something to you, like:
- 0918 - Date you met your wife
- 0612 - Date you graduated from high school
- 0412 - Your maternal grandmother's birthday
Random dates from history, like:
- 1812 - As in the War of
- 1510 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada
- 1901 - First Nobel prizes awarded
Other ideas for possible pass codes:
- Year you stopped going out on Halloween
- Year you first went to the dentist
- Year you got your first kiss
- Your grade point average in high school
- And other things that are outside the box!
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