{"id":359329,"date":"2010-02-24T14:20:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T19:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=27053"},"modified":"2010-02-24T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T19:20:20","slug":"how-to-improve-iphone-lock-screen-security-with-an-alphanumeric-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/359329","title":{"rendered":"How-To: Improve iPhone lock screen security with an alphanumeric password"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1234. 1111. 0000. When it comes to 4-digit unlock codes, most people fall back on the same patterns\/ideas that everyone else uses. “Boy! I sure hope the big bad hacker folks don’t think to punch in my Birthday!” <\/p>\n

Alpha-numeric passwords (that is, passwords with both letters and numbers) are inherently more secure. More possibilities means more security, right? Alas, the iPhone only supports 4-digit codes — out of the box, at least. A few clever gents have figured out an incredibly<\/em> simple modification that gives you access to the full keyboard for your lockdown duties, no jailbreak required<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Full credit for the discovery of this modification goes to the dudes at 9to5mac<\/a><\/p>\n

How to do it:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open Safari on your iPhone<\/li>\n
  2. Either come to this page and click this link<\/a> (on your iPhone\/iTouch), or manually type in: http:\/\/9to5mac.com\/9to5mac.mobileconfig<\/li>\n
  3. Install the profile.<\/li>\n
  4. If you’ve got a 4-digit code in place, it will ask you to type it in before you enter the new password<\/li>\n
  5. Type the new password. Type again to confirm.<\/li>\n
  6. You’re done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Doesn’t get much easier than that, right? To uninstall the modification and go back to the standard, 4-digit system, just head to Settings > General > Profiles and uninstall the “9to5mac” profile.<\/p>\n

    Warning:<\/strong> Alphanumeric passwords are more secure, but they can also be harder to remember. Don’t forget your password – if you do, you’re going to have to dump everything off your iPhone before you can get back in. Don’t blame us for your bad memory, you hear?<\/p>\n

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    1234. 1111. 0000. When it comes to 4-digit unlock codes, most people fall back on the same patterns\/ideas that everyone else uses. “Boy! I sure hope the big bad hacker folks don’t think to punch in my Birthday!” Alpha-numeric passwords (that is, passwords with both letters and numbers) are inherently more secure. More possibilities means […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}