Used to work at a pretty secure place. Each button had a small screen on it, and the numbers were randomized. So apparently this is an actual concern.
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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.
iirc this is a GrapheneOS feature too
Those also prevent observers from being able to learn the code by watching someone type it in from a distance.
Plot twist : code is 8253, ... and prints are false flags :o)
This works.
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.
Shit like this makes me wish I had a headstart on PC gaming. That stuff sounds so fun to take part in
Go run doen the eve online stories. People have gone under cover in enemy groups for years, just to rise in the ranks until they can just plunder the whole org for the equivalent of tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I think there was even a guild in the game the specialized on long con espionage called like "the crimson rose" or some such.
The game itself is basically excel, but the "player generated" environment is an epic story generator.
I mean, EVE hasn't gone anywhere, it still has a large and active playerbase, there's nothing stopping you from joining now.
Nah, you definitely have to use one or two of the worn ones just so it's impossible to narrow down which ones.
Bonus: Address of the building is 1790.
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.
All these comments and speculation on what the code might be. But it's irrelevant.
The light is green, the door is already open
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.
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…
Guy in highlighter vest:"Hey buddy can you hold the door?"
90% success rate
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.