On 11.07.2017 21:09, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> Why 1234 is an idiotic PIN? What are idiotic PINs? Of course, idiotic is
> any PIN which has in your pocket hints about this (like a sticker attached
> or your birthday). But remember, you normally have 3 tries only to test
> all "idiotic" PINs. 1234 is
On 11.07.2017 20:38, MFPA wrote:
>
>
> On Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 8:44:48 AM, in
> , Binarus wrote:-
>
>
>> I am not sure if this is an intentional limitation of
>> the cards (to
>> prevent users from choosing idiotic pins like 1234 or
>> their birthday).
>
>
> Surely things like 1234 can be
On Fri 2017-07-07 18:01:03 +0200, gnupg-u...@niob.at wrote:
> I am looking for a "simple" way to use a GPG public/private RSA key to
> do "raw" RSA operations. I have the impression, that gpgme only deals
> with "real" OpenPGP data structures, but this does not fit my use case.
> This is for an ap
El día martes, julio 11, 2017 a las 07:38:08p. m. +0100, MFPA escribió:
> On Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 8:44:48 AM, in
> , Binarus wrote:-
>
>
> > I am not sure if this is an intentional limitation of
> > the cards (to
> > prevent users from choosing idiotic pins like 1234 or
> > their birthday).
>
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:38:08 +0100
MFPA <2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net> wrote:
Hello MFPA,
>Surely things like 1234 can be prevented by software.
Sure.
The question is "Are they?"
I suspect(1) the answer, in many cases, is "No."
(1) My gut feeling - I have no evidence/proof.
--
R
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On Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 8:44:48 AM, in
, Binarus wrote:-
> I am not sure if this is an intentional limitation of
> the cards (to
> prevent users from choosing idiotic pins like 1234 or
> their birthday).
Surely things like 1234 can be preven
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On Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 11:23:06 AM, in
, Julian H.
Stacey wrote:-
> All UK cards I know of allow PIN change at the ATM.
Back in the 1980s I remember some that had no PIN change facility. And
at one time, NatWest only allowed a PIN change the
On 11.07.2017 14:38, Jerry wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:32:56 +0200, Binarus stated:
>
> [...]
>> I am not completely sure if I got you right. Wouldn't that mean that I
>> have to lose my card, the bad person then makes two guesses, then I get
>> back my card and enter my correct pin, then I lo
On 11/07/17 12:32, Binarus wrote:
> I am not completely sure if I got you right. Wouldn't that mean that I
> have to lose my card, the bad person then makes two guesses, then I get
> back my card and enter my correct pin, then I lose my card again, and
> the same bad person finds it again and makes
On 11.07.2017 11:48, Matthias Mansfeld wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2017 at 9:44, Binarus wrote:
>
>> On 10.07.2017 17:42, Guan Xin wrote:
>>> This is probably a general question --
>>>
>>> I have never seen a German bank that allows changing the PIN of a card.
>>
>> I am not sure if this is an intentional
On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:32:56 +0200, Binarus stated:
>On 11.07.2017 10:14, NdK wrote:
>> Il 11/07/2017 09:44, Binarus ha scritto:
>>
>>> - If somebody tries to brute force the pin (or online banking
>>> password), the access will be permanently denied if there are more
>>> than 3 failures (the e
On 11.07.2017 14:32, NdK wrote:
> Il 11/07/2017 12:32, Binarus ha scritto:
>
>> But now, being a German citizen, try the same thing with eBay, Facebook,
>> LinkedIn, PayPal and so on ... no thanks.
> Why should heirs have access to social accounts? Paypal, otoh, is a bank
> that have to follow the
Il 11/07/2017 12:32, Binarus ha scritto:
>> If you routinely use your card twice a day, they can make two or four
>> guesses each day: every correct PIN you insert resets the counter.
> I am not completely sure if I got you right. Wouldn't that mean that I
> have to lose my card, the bad person th
On 11 Jul 2017 at 9:44, Binarus wrote:
> On 10.07.2017 17:42, Guan Xin wrote:
> > This is probably a general question --
> >
> > I have never seen a German bank that allows changing the PIN of a card.
>
> I am not sure if this is an intentional limitation of the cards (to
> prevent users from ch
On 11.07.2017 10:14, NdK wrote:
> Il 11/07/2017 09:44, Binarus ha scritto:
>
>> - If somebody tries to brute force the pin (or online banking password),
>> the access will be permanently denied if there are more than 3 failures
>> (the exact number may vary). That means that the length of the pin
> > This is probably a general question --
> >=20
> > I have never seen a German bank that allows changing the PIN of a card.
> > So I wonder if it is because using a fixed (non-changeable) 4-digit PIN
> > mailed in clear text really safer than using a 4 to 6 digit variable leng=
> th
> > PIN that
Il 11/07/2017 09:44, Binarus ha scritto:
> - If somebody tries to brute force the pin (or online banking password),
> the access will be permanently denied if there are more than 3 failures
> (the exact number may vary). That means that the length of the pin /
> password is not as important as one
On 10.07.2017 17:42, Guan Xin wrote:
> This is probably a general question --
>
> I have never seen a German bank that allows changing the PIN of a card.
I am not sure if this is an intentional limitation of the cards (to
prevent users from choosing idiotic pins like 1234 or their birthday).
> S
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