contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoA cool guide to PIN code safetyi.redd.itimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1561file-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
arrow-up1561imageA cool guide to PIN code safetyi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up106·2 years agoNow imagine if you could use FIVE digits for something as important as a bank account.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·edit-22 years agoEven more hilarious is the number of banks that have online login systems that have a maximum length of like 12 characters for the password. and then the 2nd factor? Yeah that’s just another password.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoI’ve met ones that restrict passwords to be 6–8 characters
minus-squareBaku@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years agoAt my last job, our payroll logins were maxed at 6 characters
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoInstall a second language keyboard, and put your password in those characters.
minus-squareWolfLink@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoSecond factor being a “security question” that anyone who stalks you on social media could figure out.
minus-squareTassieTosser@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoNot if you put nonsense as your security answer too. A lot of people don’t realise that those answers should be secondary passwords.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoBut then you have to note down another password.
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoI use 8! My mom called me ridiculous for doing that :(
minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·2 years agoIt is! How long does it even take to type in 40320 digits?!?
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI figure gotta be, at least 45 seconds!
minus-squareblx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoShe’s right, 8 is not a very secure code.
Now imagine if you could use FIVE digits for something as important as a bank account.
Even more hilarious is the number of banks that have online login systems that have a maximum length of like 12 characters for the password.
and then the 2nd factor? Yeah that’s just another password.
I’ve met ones that restrict passwords to be 6–8 characters
At my last job, our payroll logins were maxed at 6 characters
Install a second language keyboard, and put your password in those characters.
Second factor being a “security question” that anyone who stalks you on social media could figure out.
Not if you put nonsense as your security answer too. A lot of people don’t realise that those answers should be secondary passwords.
But then you have to note down another password.
I use 8! My mom called me ridiculous for doing that :(
It is! How long does it even take to type in 40320 digits?!?
I figure gotta be, at least 45 seconds!
She’s right, 8 is not a very secure code.