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How Common Is Your PIN? (datagenetics.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the more-human-than-human-is-our-motto dept.

phantomfive writes: We've seen password frequency lists, here is an analysis of PIN frequency with a nice heatmap towards the bottom. There is a line for numbers starting with 19*, which is the year of birth, a cluster around MM/DD for people's birthdays, and a hard diagonal line for the same digit repeated four times.

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  1. hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Cthon98) hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
    (Cthon98) ********* see!
    (AzureDiamond) hunter2
    (AzureDiamond) doesnt look like stars to me
    (Cthon98) (AzureDiamond) *******
    (Cthon98) thats what I see
    (AzureDiamond) oh, really?
    (Cthon98) Absolutely
    (AzureDiamond) you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
    (AzureDiamond) haha, does that look funny to you?
    (Cthon98) lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
    (AzureDiamond) thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
    (Cthon98) yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
    (AzureDiamond) awesome!
    (AzureDiamond) wait, how do you know my pw?
    (Cthon98) er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
    (AzureDiamond) oh, ok.

    - http://bash.org/?244321

  2. Ha... by Type44Q · · Score: 3, Funny

    My psycho/retard ex would *always* uses "0852" for her PIN. Why? Sheer fucking laziness.

  3. At least my pin 8068 is safe by mdsolar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, wait...

    1. Re: At least my pin 8068 is safe by cloudmaster · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have a Post-It stuck to the bottom of my keyboard with the word "pa$$word1" written on it, and have for years. I like to imagine that one day someone will try logging in to my account with that, thinking to themselves "wow, the sysadmin has a terrible password" just before it doesn't work.

      It's the little things that get you through the day...

  4. This is why I use... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    the last for digits of Pi for my PIN.

  5. Safe! by rebelwarlock · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ha! 1337 didn't even make the list!

  6. Looks like it's 1234 by spiritplumber · · Score: 4, Funny

    incredible! it's the same PIN as my luggage!

    --
    Liberty - Security - Laziness - Pick any two.