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- Okay, if you just pop your card in the slot there. And now, if you'd like to enter your PIN please.
"7253"
- Sorry?
"7253. My pin is 7253. Can you type it in for me?"
- ...
Declaring your PIN number when standing at the front of a queue is probably not classed as 'secure'.
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- Okay, if you just pop your card in the slot there. And now, if you'd like to enter your PIN please.
"Oh dammit. Sorry. Can I take the card back out?"
- Yeah sure. Is it the wrong card?
"No no. I can't remember my PIN."
- Oh okay. Do you have another card, or cash?
"No, it's okay. I've written the PIN in Tippex on the bottom of the card. I just need to check it."
- ...
Writing your PIN on the card probably isn't especially secure either.
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Then there's the hundreds of other people that keep their PINs written down on a piece of card, in their wallet or purse, next to the cards themselves.
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