← Back to context Comment by anigbrowl 8 months ago Exactly. Signal on Android uses your phone PIN, for some insane reason. 3 comments anigbrowl Reply branko_d 8 months ago > Signal on Android uses your phone PIN, for some insane reason.The reason is simple: 95% of people would just set-up the same PIN anyway.In unrelated news: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromisedhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user... unethical_ban 8 months ago It can be set differently. anigbrowl 8 months ago Not on Android. You can set your Signal PIN, which is a recovery code for if you lose your phone and are locked out of your Signal account. You cannot change the lock screen PIN, which is the same as that of your phone.
branko_d 8 months ago > Signal on Android uses your phone PIN, for some insane reason.The reason is simple: 95% of people would just set-up the same PIN anyway.In unrelated news: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromisedhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user...
unethical_ban 8 months ago It can be set differently. anigbrowl 8 months ago Not on Android. You can set your Signal PIN, which is a recovery code for if you lose your phone and are locked out of your Signal account. You cannot change the lock screen PIN, which is the same as that of your phone.
anigbrowl 8 months ago Not on Android. You can set your Signal PIN, which is a recovery code for if you lose your phone and are locked out of your Signal account. You cannot change the lock screen PIN, which is the same as that of your phone.
> Signal on Android uses your phone PIN, for some insane reason.
The reason is simple: 95% of people would just set-up the same PIN anyway.
In unrelated news: Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised
https://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user...
It can be set differently.
Not on Android. You can set your Signal PIN, which is a recovery code for if you lose your phone and are locked out of your Signal account. You cannot change the lock screen PIN, which is the same as that of your phone.