How To Choose A PIN Code: Avoid Birth Date, 1234, Or 8068

The World's Least Popular ATM PIN Number
Travelers withdraw cash from ATM machines at Heathrow Airport Wednesday, July 18, 2012 as London prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tourists be warned: The Olympics crush has begun in London _ and so has the scramble for cold, hard cash in the pricey British capital. Lines are getting longer at ATMs, visitors are in sticker shock over British prices and some befuddled tourists are wondering what currency to use. Stores in the Olympic Park only accept certain credit cards and a British financial authority is even recommending that tourists make sure to bring British pounds with them. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Travelers withdraw cash from ATM machines at Heathrow Airport Wednesday, July 18, 2012 as London prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tourists be warned: The Olympics crush has begun in London _ and so has the scramble for cold, hard cash in the pricey British capital. Lines are getting longer at ATMs, visitors are in sticker shock over British prices and some befuddled tourists are wondering what currency to use. Stores in the Olympic Park only accept certain credit cards and a British financial authority is even recommending that tourists make sure to bring British pounds with them. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

How easy would it be for a thief to guess your four-digit PIN? If he were forced to guess randomly, his odds of getting the correct number would be one in 10,000—or, if he has three tries, one in 3,333. But if you were careless enough to choose your birth date, a year in the 1900s, or an obvious numerical sequence, his chances go up. Way up.

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