Re:Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN
by kazinator on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:48PM
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> in most cases you don't need to search anywhere near that many
If the pin is chosen randomly with a uniform distribution over the 0000 to 9999 range, then the average brute force search will probe 5000.5 combinations.
If the pin is chosen randomly with a uniform distribution over the 0000 to 9999 range, then the average brute force search will probe 5000.5 combinations.