[HN Gopher] Most common PIN codes (2012)
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Most common PIN codes (2012)
Author : dhotson
Score : 80 points
Date : 2024-05-14 20:22 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| arp242 wrote:
| Actual article:
| http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/index.html
|
| Should be changed to this, rather than screenshot + link
| blogspam.
| dang wrote:
| Ok, we've changed the url from
| https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-commo...
| to that. Thanks!
| iNic wrote:
| I think the least common PIN codes are fascinating. I'm surprised
| by the number of 7s in these. They looks like numbers you would
| end up with if you asked someone to think of a random 4 digit
| number.
|
| List transcribed by ChatGPT: 8557, 8438, 9539, 7063, 6827, 0859,
| 6793, 0738, 6835, 8093, 9047, 0439, 8196, 6693, 7394, 9480, 8398,
| 7637, 9629, 8068.
| bdangubic wrote:
| not a single least common pin contains all prime number which is
| interesting
| mulmen wrote:
| I think the venn diagram of "people who find primes
| interesting" and "people who understand password security" is
| pretty close to a circle.
| gmiller123456 wrote:
| 3,5,7 line up on the diagonal, leaving 2 as the only other
| prime. So people using physical patters are likely to choose
| them. Not to mention any mathematically inclined person may
| also choose all primes.
| Osiris wrote:
| Quick, we should all use the least common pin numbers.
|
| I switched my passwords to correct-horse-battery-staple and now
| I'm super secure.
| LastMuel wrote:
| I'm using correct-horce-battery-staple to fool those pesky kids
| with dictionaries.
| rufus_foreman wrote:
| l337 converter gives: c0rr3c7-h0r53-b4773ry-574pl3.
| SushiHippie wrote:
| Previous discussion:
|
| Most to least common 4-digit PIN numbers from an analysis of 3.4M
| - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40306374 - (56 points, 18
| comments, 5 days ago)
| dang wrote:
| Thanks! Macroexpanded:
|
| _Most to least common 4-digit PIN numbers from an analysis of
| 3.4M_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40306374 - May
| 2024 (19 comments)
|
| _Statistical Analysis of PIN Numbers (2012)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11365962 - March 2016 (1
| comment)
|
| _The 20 most common PIN numbers_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230045 - March 2016 (1
| comment)
|
| _PIN analysis (2012)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11228319 - March 2016 (1
| comment)
|
| _Analysis of bank PIN numbers_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535417 - Sept 2012 (111
| comments)
|
| (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40306374 didn't get any
| frontpage time so we won't treat current post as a dupe)
| jakub_g wrote:
| Side note: DataGenetics has been my favorite blog in mid-2010s.
| Lots of great posts:
|
| http://www.datagenetics.com/blog.html
| jagged-chisel wrote:
| Glad to know my choice of code is relatively unused I guess
| thr0waway001 wrote:
| 6969
| karaterobot wrote:
| Looks like my PIN code, 4968, is pretty secure. I recommend using
| that one if you aren't already.
| Cerium wrote:
| What is your pin code? All I see is ****.
| withinboredom wrote:
| Seeing my pin as one of the least common ... guess I need to
| change my pin because they're about to be some of the most
| common...
| sys_64738 wrote:
| I've change my PIN codes to use the least used ones now. Nobody
| can guess them so I am very secure.
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| [dupe]
|
| Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40306374
|
| Some previous discussions on the 2012 source of the data
| (http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/index.html)
|
| 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17670173
|
| 2013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5124024
|
| 2012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535417
| r00dY wrote:
| If we start picking the least popular pin codes they'll stop
| being the least popular. What a tragedy
| BLKNSLVR wrote:
| Funny/stupid anecdote: a bunch of my kids' friends have the same
| phone unlock PIN as me because I set my son's new phone PIN the
| same as mine so he would also be able to unlock my phone if
| necessary.
|
| When his friends started getting phones as well, they copied his.
| This has migrated through some of the friends' siblings as well.
| dools wrote:
| Not that many futurama fans in those data breaches ...
| djbusby wrote:
| 1077
| linsomniac wrote:
| Whenever I'm asked for a 4 digit PIN: `echo $[RANDOM%10000]`
| davidw wrote:
| Just needs an 'enter your PIN code to see how common it is!'.
| esafak wrote:
| 1234!? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my
| life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his
| luggage!
| mmh0000 wrote:
| I like that '1701' is lite up brightly in there... Please excuse
| me while I go and change my PIN.
| PlunderBunny wrote:
| If this site did have a field where you could enter a pin to see
| how common it was, you could make a really targeted phishing
| attack by sending the link to someone whose pin you want to know,
| then looking at what they click on or enter ("I'll just see how
| good my pin is...")
| dyingkneepad wrote:
| TIL brute-forcing from 0000 to 9999 is a decent strategy.
| posix86 wrote:
| 61 pins are used by 1/3rd of all people. So statistically, if I
| steal 61 debit cards, assuming I have 3 tries, and assuming
| people choose their own pin, I should be able to get cash off one
| in expectation.
| NeoTar wrote:
| I think the situation for actual PIN codes may be slightly better
| than suggested; sometimes (in the UK at least) your bank will
| assign you an initial PIN and I expect many people won't change
| it, and by using a dump of passwords, you've probably captured
| some people who have created throwaway accounts and chosen the
| easiest possible password.
| LouisSayers wrote:
| My sister had a key lock box at home that she didn't know the
| code for.
|
| I had a look on YouTube and sure enough there was an easy way to
| pick the lock.
|
| The resulting code - 01234
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