Love this comment on the reddit post: “My skills were forged in the flames of AUTOEXEC.BAT and Soundblaster drivers”<p>It’s from a discussion of how various age groups might be more or less savvy when it comes to selecting a PIN.
The original is at <a href="https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-common-pin-codes/" rel="nofollow">https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-commo...</a>
PINs, not PIN numbers. The N in PIN stands for number.<p>This is an instance of RAS syndrome: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome</a>
Interesting graph, but I find it strange there are these really unpopular numbers like 0738. I can't see the reason why it would be significantly less popular than similar ones, i.e. 0739 or 0758
I never got why 4 digit PINs were so common. Not only does requiring more digits make it harder to guess by brute-force, it also prevents people from making frankly stupid PINs like the date of their birth year.