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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Here's a *BRILLIANT* password idea!
Message-ID: <13244@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 88 23:12:10 GMT
References: <43034@ccicpg.UUCP> <1096@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> <43908@ccicpg.UUCP>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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As quoted from <43908@ccicpg.UUCP> by nick@ccicpg.UUCP (Nick Crossley):
+---------------
| I realise that there are differences; Unix users choose their own (easily
| guessed) passwords, banks/computers choose those for ATMs, etc.  But...
+---------------

At least some banks let the applicant for an ATM card select his/her own PIN
(password).  Which makes things rather worse.

++Brandon
-- 
Brandon S. Allbery, comp.sources.misc moderator and one admin of ncoast PA UN*X
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