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My business bank have asked me to set up a new password. It must be all numbers and ten digits long and I quote "it must be memorable"
Right...
Apart from pi, and your mobile number, both of which are bloody obvious to any hacker, how many 'memorable' ten digit numbers do you know?
I can do memorable letter sequences, but my brain isn't oriented to remember numbers.
Right...
Apart from pi, and your mobile number, both of which are bloody obvious to any hacker, how many 'memorable' ten digit numbers do you know?
I can do memorable letter sequences, but my brain isn't oriented to remember numbers.
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ALL NUMBERS?!!1 ELEVENTY!1!
I wouldn't waste a bullet on the moron who thought in this day and age that a ten digit number was an acceptable password for a financial system. I have a five-foot stick I keep next to my desk with "Mr. Clue" written on it, and it's long overdue for an outing.
At the very least, I would drop heavy hints that they set the system up to fail and blame the customers when their accounts were emptied, on the grounds that "you obviously shared your PIN" or "you chose something too obvious".
In all seriousness, look at other business banks, and hope to Great Turing's Ghost their security is put together by someone with half a clue.