Heard a guy at the coffee shop say his voicemail PIN was '1234'

I was waiting for my order last Tuesday and this dude on the phone literally gave out his voicemail PIN to someone as 1234, loud and clear. Makes me wonder how many people still use stupid simple codes for things like that. When was the last time you actually changed the default PIN on something important like your router or voicemail?

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logan_schmidt4d ago

Man, that's just asking for trouble... do you think most people even realize how easy those codes are to guess, or do they just not care until something gets hacked?

amy_reed794d ago

Yeah but like... do they even think about it when they set their security question as their pet's name and then post pics of Fluffy on Instagram every day with the name right there in the caption? Or when they use their birth year as a PIN and then have their full birthday visible on Facebook? It's wild how people will lock their front door but then leave their digital front door wide open with stuff like "1234" or "password" and just hope nobody tries it.