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I have to say I haven't seen guidance on this, but my sense is that I'd want the password to be as secure as possible, which means alpha-numeric and at least one symbol. Until I bought an iPhone recently, I hadn't seen X attempts at the password and the phone data is erased. While I like that, it also scares me. As this is my own phone I could see my kids trying to use it when I leave it on my desk and trying codes to see if they can open it. Again, this is my own phone. If it were my banks I could tell them hands off. As it it, they love playing with my iPhone.
Interestingly, not 5 minutes ago I finished researching encryption programs so that I can enter private data in an encrypted folder on my phone. That will be over and above the 4-digit code needed to log on the phone.
First published on BankersOnline.com 12/01/08
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