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  2. Personal identification number - Wikipedia

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    Mobile phone passcodes. A mobile phone may be PIN protected. If enabled, the PIN (also called a passcode) for GSM mobile phones can be between four and eight digits and is recorded in the SIM card. If such a PIN is entered incorrectly three times, the SIM card is blocked until a personal unblocking code (PUC or PUK), provided by the service ...

  3. Personal unblocking key - Wikipedia

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    A personal unblocking key ( PUK ), sometimes called personal unblocking code ( PUC ), is used in SIM cards to reset a personal identification number (PIN) that has been lost or forgotten. Most mobile phones offer the feature of PIN protection. After switching on the phone, if the PIN security function is active, the user is required to enter a ...

  4. What’s a Personal Identification Number (PIN) - AOL

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    An individual’s PIN is the four-digit code they set after opening a debit account with their bank of choice. It is used as a layer of authentication when they perform an electronic transaction ...

  5. Use Face, Fingerprint or PIN to sign in to AOL - AOL Help

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    Use Face, Fingerprint or PIN to sign in to AOL. Entering a password to sign in to your AOL account can sometimes feel like a hassle, especially if you forget it. If your smart device is enabled with biometric authenticators like a fingerprint sensor or facial recognition technology, you can sign in with ease.

  6. SIM lock - Wikipedia

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    SIM lock. A SIM lock, simlock, network lock, carrier lock or ( master) subsidy lock is a technical restriction built into GSM and CDMA [1] mobile phones by mobile phone manufacturers for use by service providers to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and/or networks. This is in contrast to a phone (retrospectively called SIM ...

  7. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security - AOL Help

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    We'll send you a text or call you with a new code that needs to be entered at sign-in. The phone number we contact you with may be different each time. Enable 2-step for phone. 1. Sign in to your Account Security page. 2. Next to "2-Step Verification," click Turn on. 3. Select Phone number for your 2-step verification method. 4.

  8. Pen register - Wikipedia

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    A device which records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers called or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which such device is dedicated. A pen register is similar to a trap and trace device. A trap and trace device would show what numbers had called a specific telephone, i.e., all incoming phone numbers.

  9. Fixed Dialing Number - Wikipedia

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    Fixed Dialing Number. Fixed Dialing Number ( FDN) is a service mode of a GSM mobile phone 's SIM card. [1] Numbers are added to the FDN list, and when activated, FDN restricts outgoing calls to only those numbers listed, or to numbers with certain prefixes. [1] A notable exception is that emergency calls to 000, 112, 911, 999 and the like are ...