I recently got a new card and remembered the PIN spatially. After a few times of typing it in I realised that, though I was typing the digits of the new PIN, I was subvocalising the digits of my old PIN. It was a really odd sensation.
Having said that, I would recognise both PINs as both a string of digits and as a spatial sequence... so that would probably just be another attack vector.
I realised that, though I was typing the digits of the new PIN, I was subvocalising the digits of my old PIN.
I trained myself to do this on purpose; subvocalising a different number. If I'm drugged out in a hospital bed and someone asks for my CC PIN, I want them to get an incorrect number.
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I recently got a new card and remembered the PIN spatially. After a few times of typing it in I realised that, though I was typing the digits of the new PIN, I was subvocalising the digits of my old PIN. It was a really odd sensation.
Having said that, I would recognise both PINs as both a string of digits and as a spatial sequence... so that would probably just be another attack vector.
I trained myself to do this on purpose; subvocalising a different number. If I'm drugged out in a hospital bed and someone asks for my CC PIN, I want them to get an incorrect number.
Well that took a turn... Do you also by chance drink poison every day to build immunity for when that vicious lad taps your drink?
Yes - If he tries to poison me with caffeine, I'm pretty safe.
I'm not genuinely worried about being robbed of my PIN, though. I just found the mental challenge interesting.
Wow. I used to think that I was rigorous about security...