Android 17 Rate Limiting Blocks PIN Guessing
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**Executive Summary:** Android 17 implements much stricter PIN entry rate limits (e.g., five attempts per minute with progressive caps and a full lock after twenty consecutive wrong entries), treats repeated entries of the same wrong PIN as a single failure, and improves lockout messaging; this platform change is defensive, reducing the practicality of PIN-guessing attacks while offering account recovery options for legitimate users.
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