Method and device for password recovery

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a device for password recovery. The method for password recovery comprises the following steps: receiving a password recovery request sent by a user terminal, wherein the password recovery request includes the user number of the user terminal; acquiring information of social contact objects communicating with the user number; determining a candidate contact object from the acquired information of social contact objects according to preset rules; sending the password of the user terminal to the candidate contact object, and sending a notification message to the user terminal to enable the user terminal to get the password according to the notification message. According to the method and the device for password recovery provided by the invention, social contact objects of the user number are acquired, a credible candidate contact object is determined from the social contact objects, a password is sent to the candidate contact object, and thus, a forgotten password is recovered. The technical problem that the method for password recovery in the prior art requires advance information setting, and a password cannot be recovered if a user does not set information in advance or forgets the answer to a security question is solved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to communication technology, in particular to a method and device for retrieving passwords. Background technique [0002] With the development of the communication industry and the improvement of people's living standards, mobile terminals, especially smart terminals, are rapidly becoming popular. When using a smart terminal, in order to protect the user's privacy and information security, it is generally necessary to set a lock screen password of the smart terminal. When the screen lock function is enabled on the smart terminal, the user cannot use the smart terminal normally. Only by inputting the correct lock screen password to unlock the screen lock function can the functions in the smart terminal be used normally. [0003] However, when the user forgets the lock screen password, the screen lock function of the smart terminal cannot be released through normal means. In this case, the screen lock of the smart terminal can be r...

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[0003] However, when the user forgets the lock screen password, the screen lock function of the smart terminal cannot be released through normal means. In this case, the screen lock of the smart terminal can be removed by flashing the phone, but this will cause All kinds of information are cleared at the same time

Therefore, some methods for retrieving the password are provided in the prior art, such as answering security questions, or using the terminal to interact with the pre-set contact number for password retrieval when the terminal is not unlocked, so as to obtain the unlocking password again etc. However, these schemes require users to pre-set information, such as pre-setting secret security questions and their answers, pre-setting preset numbers for obtaining passwords, etc. Retrieve the lock screen password, causing inconvenience to users

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