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  1. Xref: sparky sci.crypt:3181 alt.security:4333 comp.security.misc:1230
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!bu.edu!transfer!ellisun.sw.stratus.com!cme
  3. From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security,comp.security.misc
  5. Subject: Re: ATM fraud
  6. Message-ID: <6289@transfer.stratus.com>
  7. Date: 10 Sep 92 16:13:45 GMT
  8. References: <1992Sep8.115050.8694@cl.cam.ac.uk> <JIM.92Sep9125700@hunter.cs.strath.ac.uk>
  9. Sender: usenet@transfer.stratus.com
  10. Followup-To: sci.crypt
  11. Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
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  14. In article <JIM.92Sep9125700@hunter.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) writes:
  15. >Indeed. The UK banks do tell customers to keep PIN numbers secret, but
  16. >they don't properly explain why this is necessary.
  17.  
  18. Even if they did, there's no way to write the necessary warning.
  19.  
  20. "Keep the PIN secret" can not mean "refuse to enter it on any keypad,
  21. no matter how official looking".
  22.