Scramble pads. We have them where I work. Damn password can change a few times a week without warning. Gone for lunch? Well good luck getting back in until reception comes back to tell you the new code.
Had this once at a retail store while paying.
Entering PIN without muscle memory. ....
Weird and almost made 3 errors which would have blocked my card.
In Eve Online there was this big war, and a big ship was being built in some station. So everyone gathered around the station to protect it, and of course the enemy came after it. A huge battle ensued and in the end the station was destroyed successfully.
Except the ship wasn't in that station, it was being built at another station, the defenders just mislead them by protecting a random empty station. The ship finished its construction later that month.
I believe this technique is called a "honeypot" in cyper security. Im addition, the honeypot would also gather as much info as possible about the visitors i.e. any potential hacker.
You can even tell that the 1 is touched more often on the top, meaning it is 'the top' one. Then 9 on the top as well, meaning you probably came from the top when moving 1 to 9. Then 7 is damaged on the left, probably because you come from the 9 on the right. Then apparently everyone just punches the shit out of 0 I dunno.
I bet everyone remember the first two digits correctly but once in a while makes mistakes in the last two digits. So first two digits gets pressed more often. Although I don't see any discoloration in other buttons, so maybe not.
That’s definitely the worst keypad wear I’ve ever seen :D
They actually make versions these days where a display randomises the numbers, so that it doesn’t form a discernible wear pattern.
Of course, you do have to wonder if this is actually a thing to be worried about, or rather something we all ‘know’ from spy movies. Usually the easiest way to bypass these is to just walk in after someone…
It’s silly but it’s true. Especially if you’ve got a package, a ladder, etc. Nobody’s going to hassle a dude carrying a ladder because he’s clearly Doing Something Important.
When it’s a regular old apartment building you don’t even need that. You can just wait until someone walks in and just follow them through. Happens all the time. Which is why I make sure to always pull security doors closed behind me. I’d rather not be the cause of a break-in or worse.
I used to geocache a LOT years ago, don't do as much now. But it was crazy how much people would ignore whatever weird thing you were doing if you had a high-vis vest, clipboard, and hardhat. I used to joke you could damn-near walk in anywhere and nobody would blink.
I once worked in a SCIF and (with one exception in the morning where a security officer could just check your ID card to speed it along) even if there was a large group of people entering every single one needed to close the security door behind them and let the next person use their key. If someone, especially someone you don't recognize, asked you to hold the door you were supposed to say "no" and inform a security officer.
hmmm, I think I might "wear" out some numbers on my pad. Not the ones used but if I make it look this obvious I should drastically increase the resistance to general attack as no one could pass this attack up.
I once knew a guy that was really stupid. He got angry very quickly and had no patience for anything.
He had a lock on the button for his garage door opener that was a slider switch, he caved it in because he pressed it really hard instead of just looking and seeing that it's a slider switch