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That's quite nice.

Escalating to a stronger password after 5 failed attempts seems like a good measure which would got a long way to nullifying this sort of brute force attack.

How does logging into the Google account work if the phone is in Airplane mode or whatever where there will be no data connection?



The phone does not need to be unlocked to go out of airplane mode.


I think at that point the technical term is that you're screwed.


I'm guessing it must be covered - either it won't escalate to the account login or something similar.


What about two-factor auth?


This is for a smartphone PIN code. Are you suggesting a separate second factor to the physical phone itself?




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