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How you lock your smartphone can reveal your age: UBC study:
Older smartphone users tend to rely more on their phones' auto lock feature compared to younger users, a new UBC study has found. They also prefer using PINs over fingerprints to unlock their phones.
Researchers also found that older users are more likely to unlock their phones when they're stationary, such as when working at a desk or sitting at home.
The study is the first to explore the link between age and smartphone use, says Konstantin Beznosov, an electrical and computer engineering professor at UBC who supervised the research.
"As researchers working to protect smartphones from unauthorized access, we need to first understand how users use their devices," said Beznosov. "By tracking actual users during their daily interactions with their device, we now have real-world insights that can be used to inform future smartphone designs."
The full study is available through the ACM Digital Library.
(Score: 3, Funny) by RamiK on Thursday June 20 2019, @07:51PM (1 child)
Feel free to use my workstation's login in case you're required a strong password: UN: luser0 PASS: 1qazXSW2luser0
I've insisted on that user name for quite a while before getting it so now I feel obligated to share it. In case you forget just do as I do and have written in a bold black marker on a sticky note firmly attached to the monitor. For Windows 10 you can also add a password hint like I did spelling it with spaces: "The password is '1 q a z X S W 2 l u s e r 0' without spaces.".
Better safe than sorry is what I always say.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 21 2019, @10:32AM
I tried using sticky notes to hold my username/password but after a few months they lose their sticky and fall off. Now I just write on the silver bezel with a sharpie.