cyb3rko / pincredible

Modern and secure Android app to help you remember any PIN
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Application usage #16

Open Elimelech opened 1 year ago

Elimelech commented 1 year ago

I still do not understand how this application helps me remember pin codes?

cyb3rko commented 1 year ago

When releasing the first production ready version of this app I will add a short video "tutorial" on how to use this app. Here's a quick explanatation:

The good thing is you can decide how to use the patterns. When you create a new pattern, you just put your PIN digits wherever you want into the table.
Maybe put them in the red boxes from bottom left to top right, maybe fill a diagonale with your PIN digits or come up with anything else you can later work with when accessing the PIN. Then let the app fill the rest with random digits and that's it.

So your creativity is asked and you only have to remember how you have placed your PIN code. Then you can easily read it (even in crowded surroundings e.g. in a super market).
If you're very concerned about your PIN you could even come up with a new pattern for each single PIN, but I would at least in my case call that overkill.

Elimelech commented 1 year ago

And how then to remember where this code is in this table? Should I write it down somewhere? What if you forget?

cyb3rko commented 1 year ago

Ok let's say your favourite color is red. So I just come up with a pattern focusing on red tiles.

For example using the red tiles at the last two rows:

Fill in your PIN. Let the app fill the rest with random dummy digits. Now you can find your PIN by just looking at the last two rows reading from right to left. This was one out of endless patterns you could come up with. So just chose your logic and start saving PINs securely 🙂