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A few weeks ago, Tarah Wheeler, the senior director of Data trust, Threat, and Vulnerability Management at Splunk, shared a list of the most common PIN codes people use to protect their smartphones ...

Your old 6-digit PIN code? Still useful, but prehistoric by comparison. DIGIPIN doesn’t sort mail by districts—it guides drones, ambulances, and deliveries right to your door, plot, or doorstep tile.

WhatsApp is rolling out a beta version for Android users which enables the new security feature of logging into the app from different devices with a 6-digit code. WhatsApp Beta for Android 2.23.1.11 ...

Apple is ramping up security on iOS 9 and it’s going to take a little extra memorization on your part. Anyone with an iPhone or iPad that has Touch ID will be required to update to a new 6 digit PIN ...