Re: NatWest card reader

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:22:02 +0100, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:53:14 +0100
Martin Gregorie <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sure, but why use such a short PIN in the first place? Six or eight
digits would be better or there really people who can remember their
phone number but not another, similarly sized, PIN?

You would be surprised at the number of people who can't even remember
their age (a figure that rarely exceeds 2 digits) let alone a phone
number.

The situation appears to be getting worse, according to an article I
read recently. This postulates that with the reliance on electronic
aids kids are not learning how to remember effectively.

Though to be fair I bet the average person now has to remember far more such
details than any previous generation. I have 137 passwords in my copy of
Password Corral and automatically remember quite a few of them. Still I
occasionally get in the garage and think " Which card is this " and have very
occasionally punched in the wrong pin.

Life is far more complex in this respect than ever before and now there's yet
another device about to arrive on the door mat....

Andy
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