Wait, is this congressman's phone passcode just 777777? - Tech News Digest

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Wait, is this congressman's phone passcode just 777777?

A congressman, responsible for leading the lawmaking process and representing the interests of the American people, has a comically weak phone passcode. 

An eagle-eyed viewer spotted Lance Gooden, a Republican representative from Texas, typing in his phone's passcode on camera on Wednesday during Mark Zuckerberg testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Although Gooden can easily be targeted as a weak link in national security, his passcode appears to be a simple 777777. 

The GIF has over 146,000 views on Gfycat at the time of writing, and also hit the Frontpage of Reddit on Thursday.  Read more...

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