Watch out, Android users: Your lock pattern isn’t as secure as you think

[Wireless News]

While the prevalence-of-smartphones with fingerprint-based security has increased-considerably over the past two years, the vast majority of Android users still rely on tried and true lock patterns to unlock their devices. That said, new research suggests that the lock patterns typically-chosen by Android users may not be as hard to crack as previously imagined. Originally introduced in 2008, Android’s-lock pattern screen was presented as both an easier and more secure alternative to traditional numeric passcodes. While a standard four-digit pin gives users 10,000 possible combinations, a secure lock pattern with 9 distinct-nodes can yield 389,112 possible patterns. While one might think that this makes Android devices inherently secure, Marte Loge of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology recently explained

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