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The PIN is also for the card itself. The smartcard chip inside the card can validate it for offline transactions (although that's not as common in the US). I t
by lxgr 2y ago
The PIN is also for the card itself. The smartcard chip inside the card can validate it for offline transactions (although that's not as common in the US).
I think a reasonable modern definition for a PIN is "a password that can safely be short"; more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42446015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42446015
- gwbas1c 2y agoPIN stands for "Personal Identification Number." It can't have letters / symbols in it. If they're calling a password a PIN, that's the wrong word and will confuse the ^%$^#% out of people who expect PIN to mean numbers only.