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Re:Show HN: Solving a very old problem — passwords by gcr on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:06PM (#4970659)
If I want to prevent you from accessing your account for at least 24 hours, couldn't I just try to log in as you and intentionally enter an incorrect PIN thrice?

Am I misunderstanding something?

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Re:Show HN: Solving a very old problem — passwords by brennenHN on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:14PM (#4970706)
Yes, you have to have the phone, but this is still possible.
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Re:Show HN: Solving a very old problem — passwords by gcr on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @09:01PM (#4971975)
Ah, OK. Better than a remote attack for sure.
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