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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Safety PIN

Someone sent me an email that says: "If you should ever be forced by a robber or someone to withdraw money from an ATM, you can notify the police by entering your PIN in reverse." It seems like an urban myth to me …
Alan Braddock

Several hoax-checking web sites say this is false including Snopes and Hoax-Slayer. It seems that Joseph Zingher from Chicago started developing such a technology in 1994 and there have been attempts to encourage its adoption in the US, without much success.

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