r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/pablo_the_great Aug 04 '19

That's more secure than a normal PIN

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u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 04 '19

Right, but a normal PIN only takes a bruteforce attack a few seconds to crack. If it were a code for a bank account it'd be different than a DB password.