Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!ulysses!hector!ekrell From: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Here's a *BRILLIANT* password idea! (Sarcasm on) Message-ID: <10900@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 29 Nov 88 19:39:54 GMT References: <438@amanue.UUCP> Sender: netnews@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 14 In article <438@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: >Well surprise: This exact password system is ***IN USE***!!! In (are you >ready:) ***BANKS***!!! I am not kidding. Do you have an Automatic Teller >Machine card? What does your password look like? Every time I've been given >one of those things the password was just 4 digits!!!!!!! I don't know about your bank, but mine will take away your card if you enter the wrong PIN something like 3 or 5 times in a row (the ATM will eat the card). Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ UUCP: {att,decvax,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell Internet: ekrell@ulysses.att.com