Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN

Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by echoangle on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:28AM (#42854208)

So the system allowed multiple users to chose their own Pin and didn’t ask for a user ID when authenticating? That’s just stupid design.

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by mindcrime on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:07PM (#42854802)

To be fair that was decades ago. The mini-storage place I use now asks for your unit # AND your PIN. So it would be a lot harder to guess like described above.

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by koolba on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:32AM (#42854265)

“What’s the password?”

“Which password?”

“Any password.”

“Hunter2”

“Welcome!”

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by ElectroNeutrino on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:38AM (#42854357)

Why did you put just asterisks?

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by bdhcuidbebe on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:50AM (#42854543)

This is an asterisk

As a memory rule, astrisk looks like a star, asteriskos means ”little star” in greek and is related to asterology.

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by tialaramex on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:51AM (#42854560)

I think what's happened here is that you didn't get the joke. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hunter2

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by bdhcuidbebe on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:55AM (#42854614)

I did not get that, lol

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by belter on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:53AM (#42854585)

In my case I see just #######

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by high_na_euv on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:35AM (#42854322)

Is it? it is just a gate

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by echoangle on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:58AM (#42854656)

Well we just got told how someone who forgot their pin managed to get in, so it probably doesn’t work. I would call that stupid.

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Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN by high_na_euv on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:27PM (#42855128)

Depends what is inside.

Every security mechanism is breakable with enough budget

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