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Definitely not a coincidence.

Oh we do end-to-end encrypt everything for your safety, see our article on the unbreakable protocol... but you can unlock everything with this 4 digit windows hello pin, unlimited retries, you are mandatory to define the pin, if you want to use high security features... Totally not a backdoor.

Apple is more principled on this front definitely.

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Isn’t a pin considered a password and not required to be given up, unlike a fingerprint or Face ID?

But a 4 digit PIN with unlimited retries can be brute forced.

Replacing a password with a 4 digit PIN is less secure. If a user wanted a 4 character password, they’d make a 4 character password. Forcing the creation doesn’t make much sense on a desktop.

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