Android phones often have a pattern authentication mechanism. Each dot can be selected no more than once and they can be selecte

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Android phones often have a pattern authentication mechanism. Each dot can be selected no more than once and they can be selecte

d in any order. What is its strength (both number of possible patterns and the bit strength)

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beks73 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-26T07:53:55+03:00

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The Android pattern lock comes with around 389,112 number of possible patterns. And this is much more than 4 digit pin code which is 10000 in all. We have a tendency to choose the easy ones but it can be dangerous definitely. Also for the bit strength, one dot holds one bit, and so 3 x 3 grid can hold 3 x 3 =9 bits. If you chose n out of then it will be 9CN like 9C2= 9!/2!*7!, and likewise we can calculate the bit strength, which is 9*8/2= 36 bits.

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