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Your PIN May Not Be Uncrackable After All

from National Public Radio
September 20, 2012

Nick Berry, president of the data mining consulting company Data Genetics, recently wrote a blog post about how easy it to guess a person's four-digit PIN. Robert Siegel talks to Berry about his findings, the least popular PIN and why the password "1234" isn't such a great idea.

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  • All Things Considered, September 20, 2012
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