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.

Today’s #GalaxyS9 troubleshooting article wants to address one of the common problems in Android devices — user being locked out due to incorrect or non-working PIN. We hope you’ll find this post ...

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Logging into a Windows computer with a PIN is faster than using a password; that’s why users like this option. You may see Something went wrong and your PIN isn’t available (code:0xd0000225) because ...

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 ...

Tech experts are warning that some of the most widely recommended PIN codes for protecting your electronics may now be the easiest for hackers to crack — all thanks to their rising popularity. IT pro ...