Stop using your 4-digit iPhone passcode in public. Do this instead A recent report suggests that your iPhone's passcode is all thieves need to steal your personal information.

Six-digit passcodes offer 1 million possible combinations instead of 10,000, making a passcode harder to crack.

First, a reminder: If you don't have any security on your iPhone, you can enable the 4-digit passcode lock by going to Settings, tapping General, and enabling the Passcode Lock control.

5. If this is your first time entering a password, a 4-digit text-box will appear. Enter a 4-digit pin number by inputting various buttons on your DualShock 4 controller.

In a very roundabout way, we're saying that you shouldn't use a 4-digit PIN, period. If you insist on using a PIN and not a password (as we'll discuss later on), then at least change to a 6-digit PIN.

Find a balance that works for you and set the Require Passcode timeframe. • Simple Passcode. As noted above, the iPhone 4 relies on a simple four-digit numeric passcode by default.

A 4-digit code would take over 3 days. If it was 6 digits and you hadn’t changed it recently, it could take 19 years. A 4-digit 70 days. And all of that is going to be much longer on iOS 11.

From here, tap on Turn Passcode On. You’ll then be promoted to set a passcode on Apple Watch. At first, you’ll need to enter a 4-digit passcode (you can change this later).

Without the rapid guessing enabled by the iOS 10 bug, it takes much, much longer for a solution like box to get into an iPhone because it's slowed down by Apple's passcode timeout. A six digit ...

A Florida man arrested for third-degree voyeurism using his iPhone 5 initially gave police verbal consent to search the smartphone, but later rescinded permission before divulging his 4-digit ...