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Password storage on Android devices

Password storage on Android devices

Posted Aug 9, 2011 5:01 UTC (Tue) by sethml (subscriber, #8471)
In reply to: Password storage on Android devices by roc
Parent article: Password storage on Android devices

If the attacker is able to read the encrypted password file from flash, a 4-digit PIN is likely to be trivial to brute-force. Storing the password on a SIM with lock-out is a decent solution, if you have a SIM card. I'm tapping this out on an Android phone with no SIM.


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