Facial recognition, fingerprints and iris scanning have all joined PINs, passcodes and swipe patterns. But which should you be using?

Passwords are a problem. Every account should have a unique password that’s hard to guess. But how do you remember all those unique passwords when you have a lot of accounts?

After all these years, I still prefer using Android's pattern unlock feature as opposed to a standard PIN -- here's why.

The lock codes familiar to Android users are just as easy to crack as the alphanumeric ones used by iPhone devotees.