- Jul 28, 2017
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With a typical pin, it is a combination of 4-8 numbers. Each number has ten different possibilities from 0-9. However, 1 letter has 52 possibilities. There are 26 letters, and there is lower and uppercase, doubling it to 52. From 10 to 52 is a big jump, and would take much longer to brute force and guess. So if alphabetic pins would be much more secure, why aren't they an option?
P.S I want to make it clear I do not want to replace normal numeric pins, as people have an easier time remembering a set of numbers rather than letters. But for people like me who can remember 8 random letters, there should be an option to chose alphabetic pins.
P.S I want to make it clear I do not want to replace normal numeric pins, as people have an easier time remembering a set of numbers rather than letters. But for people like me who can remember 8 random letters, there should be an option to chose alphabetic pins.