Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids

Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids by michel-slm on Monday June 19, 2017 @04:54PM (#14590383)

I've known banks that don't let you change the PIN on their cards - for "security" reasons. And banks with 5-digit maximum password lengths - "oh, it's strong enough, you need to use a token to get money out anyway" ... but not to login.

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Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids by m_sahaf on Monday June 19, 2017 @06:31PM (#14590940)

Many banks in Saudi Arabia have changed their standard for PIN length from 6 digits to 4 digits. I cannot comprehend why would anyone make such decision.

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Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids by tertius on Monday June 19, 2017 @09:58PM (#14591711)

Many international withdrawals only do 4 digits which means 6 digits in your home country becomes meaningless...

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Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids by awqrre on Monday June 19, 2017 @10:08PM (#14591742)

they should fix the underlying problem but in the meantime, they probably could just automatically truncate to 4 chars when 6 can't be used?

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Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids by Schwolop on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @06:20AM (#14593370)

No, because certain combinations, e.g. 1111 are prohibited in four digit codes but wouldn't be at the start of six digit codes.

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Re:Horcrux: A Password Manager for Paranoids by tajen on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:38AM (#14592617)

The IT community should launch a campaign against the stupidity of banks' security procedures, which discredit our jobs...

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