Most popular passcodes on smartphones
The author of the program Big Brother Camera Security for iPhone (the program automatically photographs the attacker who stole your smartphone) has added the passcode protection feature. Since the interface is very similar to the standard interface for entering the passcode of the iPhone, it is logical to assume that most of the numerical combinations are the same.
In total, 204,508 passcodes were recorded by the number of users of the program, so now we have a rating of the most popular numerical combinations . This is a good addition to the well-known lists of the most popular passwords on the Internet.
The most popular combinations are 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683, 0852, 2222, 1212, 1998.
The frequency of each passcode is shown in the diagram.
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The top ten most popular combinations account for about 15% of all passcodes.
Unlike regular passwords, passcodes are international, so the list of popular combinations should be approximately the same in all countries, with the exception of some English four-letter words, such as LOVE (5683).
Most of the popular combinations follow a geometric pattern, but there are exceptions. In addition to the above word LOVE. These are combinations from 1990 to 2000, all these ten passcodes are in the Top 50 most popular. Additionally, all passcodes from 1980 to 1989 are in the Top 100.
As can be seen from the following diagram, any dates from 1930 to 2020 have a much higher frequency than random numbers (****).
In total, 204,508 passcodes were recorded by the number of users of the program, so now we have a rating of the most popular numerical combinations . This is a good addition to the well-known lists of the most popular passwords on the Internet.
The most popular combinations are 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683, 0852, 2222, 1212, 1998.
The frequency of each passcode is shown in the diagram.
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The top ten most popular combinations account for about 15% of all passcodes.
Unlike regular passwords, passcodes are international, so the list of popular combinations should be approximately the same in all countries, with the exception of some English four-letter words, such as LOVE (5683).
Most of the popular combinations follow a geometric pattern, but there are exceptions. In addition to the above word LOVE. These are combinations from 1990 to 2000, all these ten passcodes are in the Top 50 most popular. Additionally, all passcodes from 1980 to 1989 are in the Top 100.
As can be seen from the following diagram, any dates from 1930 to 2020 have a much higher frequency than random numbers (****).
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/121894/
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