Android pattern passwords – easy to guess

Android pattern passwords

This is how you enter an Android password

I always loved the android pattern passwords. They are cool, fun, and do a good job at protecting your phone from the kids. However, they are not very hard to crack. Mainly after eating something greasy.

My friend Jay was able to guess my password immediately after I have eaten a brownie.

This is my phone here on the bottom… Can you guess my password too?

My phone. Can you guess my password?

7 Responses to “Android pattern passwords – easy to guess”


  1. 1 Michael March 23, 2010 at 7:23 am

    Would you care to explain to the uninitiated?
    Michael

  2. 2 erant March 23, 2010 at 10:39 am

    You can see the smear hands leave on the touch screen…

  3. 3 hannah August 5, 2011 at 11:05 am

    why would you touch your phone when your hands are still greasyy D:

  4. 4 Eran August 5, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    hannah, every touch leaves a mark, even if you cannot actually see it. The point is that typing and gesturing passwords on a touch screen is problematic.

  5. 5 organizedlikecarla December 19, 2011 at 9:08 pm

    a trianglee.
    |_\ something like that,

  6. 6 Anonymous February 7, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    njilnuiklnjiklnjiklnjuilnjuklnkl.njkl.


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