From: Mike Scott 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: ATM fraud and C&P
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:12:23 GMT

Tim wrote:
>>Ronald Raygun wrote:
>>
>>>The disability in question is the difficulty in remembering
>>>random numbers without having to write them down.
>>
> "Mike Scott" wrote
> 
>>I did mention this to the bank's support line. They actually
>>told me they could set the PIN to something easy for me to
>>remember!! Did someone mention "security" just now????
> 
> 
> Why - do you think that would be any less secure?

Yes, if that's not obvious.  "Easy" numbers include plenty like 1111, or 
significant-date-related.  If a number isn't random, it's not as secure. 
  And that's ignoring the issue of bank staff knowing the PIN.