The other day I picked up a co-workers phone lying on the desk and noticed that you could clearly see the greasy smudges on the screen of the phone highlighting the lock pattern of the device.

For her masters thesis, Løge examined some 4,000 lock patterns and discovered a set of common bad practices; the pattern-lock equivalent of starting your passwords with "123." Nearly half the ...

Now, Android lock patterns—the password alternative ... For reasons Løge still can't explain, eight-node patterns were the least popular, attracting significantly fewer subjects than nine ...

The more complex your pattern is, while avoiding common patterns like letters, the harder it will be for someone to guess their way into your phone. Check out the source link for a more detailed ...