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So, if the holder together with credit cards is stolen, you gift the thief all your pin numbers. Nice one.
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Well not if his original post was an accurate description.
Nobody ever reads the original post on these threads they just start blindly calling everything a fishing trip. |
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Luddite, thats the beauty of it, it is impossible for anyone else to tell what your PIN is even if they have the card and the sleeve/holder.
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Insane killer bees should devour all on this thread.
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I like that Bodil. A nice strong visual. :)
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There are no more bees according to Dr. Who :D
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Journeyman 02 Dec 02:38
Well not if his original post was an accurate description. Nobody ever reads the original post on these threads they just start blindly calling everything a fishing trip. I suspect you have to detach your eyeball and keep it attached to your wallet for retina recognition in this case |
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It is such a simple idea that i thought of it :(
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Off topic a bit, but it seems to me that it should be quite simple to get a card reader and write a program to crack the PIN - there are only 10,000 possibilities which is negligible for a computer.
This occurred to me when watching the wife using her little natwest calculator for online banking, until then I thought the PIN was queried with the bank but obviously its encoded on the card somehow. If I could get hold of stolen credit cards I'd probably have a crack at it but as my contact with the criminal underworld is limited I shall have to give it a miss. |
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Oh, does your idea work by coming up with one unique number/word that you memorise and then use this to code each PIN number? i.e. your unique number is 1234 and the PIN is 3625 so you could write 4859 on the sleeve...?
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slipperynipple 02 Dec 10:21
If I could get hold of stolen credit cards I'd probably have a crack at it but as my contact with the criminal underworld is limited I shall have to give it a miss. ======================== my e mail is HarrytheHatchet@ontherun.com |
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If the holders are thin enough to keep in your pocket instead of your wallet, it might work. But otherwise, if my wallet is stolen, people would have my pins.
Don't try selling it to the public. Get a card company to license it and give it to all their clients. |
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slipperynipple 02 Dec 10:24
Oh, does your idea work by coming up with one unique number/word that you memorise and then use this to code each PIN number? i.e. your unique number is 1234 and the PIN is 3625 so you could write 4859 on the sleeve...? No, no, no that would involve people doing maths, which is work that someone in a hurry wouldn't want to do. Also involves remembering the unique number so why wouldn't they just remember the PIN in the first place. Sorry you are way off track. |
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Seen this before with some kind of grid....it didn't get far.
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Maybe it did get far?
[b]Two users who pitched it right are Colin Allison and Mark Bedworth, of PINoptic, who recently sold a 30 per cent stake in their fledgeling business to a team of five experienced angels after two telephone calls and a meeting. The pair had spent months seeking finance for their design for a safer variant on chip-and-PIN systems and say that Angels Den was a |