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Comment by lxgr

1 year ago

Which is honestly not a bad idea, given that somebody shoulder surfing or trying to read smudges on the PIN pad becomes much easier in the case of repeated numbers.

"1111" would just leave a fingerprint on a single key, for example, and only one possible PIN (or maybe 3, if the bank/card allows 6 digit PINs).

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