Google Wallet pin code can be cracked in as little as 18 minutes(pcmag.com)
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Google Wallet pin code can be cracked in as little as 18 minutes
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393246,00.asp
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Thats assuming that all attempts take a fixed amount of time and there is no lockout feature implemented. If google hasn't implemented this then this would be trivial to implement so that your pin code takes far longer than 18 minutes to crack.
so the question is, does it lock up if you fail three attempts?
Unrelated, but did anyone else notice that the number "5683" was one of the top 10 most common PINs? I can't think of a single reason why that would be.
It spells "LOVE" using the alphanumeric code on the keypad.
It spells "love".
The digits map to "LOVE".
5683 spells out LOVE (yeah, pretty dumb). 3862 is far more appropriate.
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This is just silly. The article just states the theoretical amount of time. Google would disable any small attempt at brute force.
You have to have the phone (something I would notice was missing immediately, unlike my CC which I would notice next time I bought something) and you have to have a pin (which can be cracked relatively quickly, assuming it doesn't delay between attempts or lock after a few failures). That's 2-factor identification.
If there's also a requirement for photo ID, that's almost as good as 3-factor. (Technically, 2 of these are 'something you have', but the photo helps push 1 towards 'something you are'.)