Update, May 26, 2025: This story, originally published May 24, has been updated with a brief history of PIN codes, information regarding the most secure codes you can use and why 8068 really isn’t the ...

Nowadays, people don't send letters to one another when they want to catch up. You may get holiday or birthday cards from your parents, grandparents or other family members and friends, but for the ...

If you have an Apple or an Android phone—and you probably do—you have the option of locking your phone using a PIN code. With most of these phones, you can choose a four-digit PIN or a six-digit PIN.

Are you tired of others accessing your Netflix profile and messing up your recommendations or altering your watchlist? Or maybe you want to ensure your kids can't watch mature content? If so, using a ...

It may be useful to change the PIN code of a newly purchased iPhone (if the PIN is set to 0000 by default for example) or for safety reasons to protect from fraudulent use of your phone in case of ...

What's safer? Using a numeric PIN code to unlock your Android smartphone or relying on a finger squiggle? Newly-released research suggests that, at least when someone close by could be looking over ...