These Are The Most Common iPhone Passcodes, Avoid Them!

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Posted June 13, 2011 at 1:57pm by Shalom Levytam

iPhone developer Daniel Amitay has posted the ten most common iPhone passcodes which he found by anonymously recording and analyzing passcodes used by customers of his Big Brother Camera Security iPhone app.

Formulaic passwords are never a good idea, yet 15% of all passcode sets were represented by only 10 different passcodes (out of a possible 10,000). The implication? A thief (or just a prankster) could safely try 10 different passcodes on your iPhone without initiating the data wipe. With a 15% success rate, about 1 in 7 iPhones would easily unlock--even more if the intruder knows the users’ years of birth, relationship status, etc.

Check out the chart below and avoid those passwords!

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These Are The Most Common iPhone Passcodes, Avoid Them!

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LOL - June 14, 2011 at 1:05pm

LOL I AM USING 2580 SURPRISED TO SEE THE PASSCODE IS THERE

zazou666 - June 13, 2011 at 6:16pm

You can use a droid unlock, AND an alphanumeric code. It's a little bit annoying, but if you have some personnal datas you don't want to be stolen, you use ALL that you can for the thieves can't stole them!!! I mean, it's as you like, men!

Dodgter - June 13, 2011 at 4:47pm

I use a Droid unlock Cydia Tweak.

ron2k_1 - June 13, 2011 at 4:09pm

Using the 4-digit option, in reality, the code can be cracked in 9999 tries. Many people don't realize that we are programmed to use stuff that will be easy to remember, but that which is easy to remember is the stuff that is easily related or identifiable to us. For instance if you name is Jack you will be tempted (and often succumb) in using 5225. If you user name is Yousef, you may use something like 9687 - these will be the crackers first tries...

Dadditude - June 13, 2011 at 4:17pm

10000; you forgot 0000.

Yousef - June 13, 2011 at 2:44pm

I know many people using the passwords mentioned above. I was one of them.

j - June 13, 2011 at 2:23pm

if you turn Simple Passcode OFF, you can enter letters and numbers, and more than just 4 characters. when the phone asks for your password, it'll show the QWERTY keyboard. a lot of folks don't do this because it's a hassle entering a long alphanumeric string every time the screen locks. however, if you use ONLY numbers, then it'll just show the regular numeric keypad. so if you use a 5-digit numeric code. this is still easy to remember and quick to enter, but it'll stymie any opportunist, even one who knows some of your personal data like your b'day (plus, it decreases likelihood of a random hit by a factor of ten, to 99,999-1).

zazou666 - June 13, 2011 at 6:23pm

letters, numbers AND special characters... you can make the thieves' job even more difficult if you like. That's what I'm doing, even if it's a bit annoying. Apple's phones are not so cheap that you can't do the must you could for not to be stolen. I know that evry code can be cracked, but you can do the job more difficult. So, why don't we??? I don't understand why so many people use the 4 numbers code for a phone that cost so much bucks! It's a pity....yeark!