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		walthamstow 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are bac... I was in the Philippines last week. Not only do they have touchscreen card POS devices, they also randomise the order of the numbers. Turns out I know my PIN by the position of the numbers moreso than the numbers themselves.

fragmede 10 months ago | [–]

2580 (straight down the number pad) is a popular PIN because of that.

source: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/index.html#g...

userbinator 10 months ago | [–]

That is presumably a security feature.

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