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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.

3 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. Re:hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as st by epyT-R · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Still funny today.

  2. Re:42069? What is it? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 3, Insightful

    420 = weed.
    69 is, well, 69.

    You may continue to speculate...

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  3. Re: At least my pin 8068 is safe by KGIII · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You should find a way to use it as the duress password so that, if used, it sets off a loud klaxon alarm complete with the brilliant strobing lights. It would be awesome.

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