Changing PINs of German bank card

[Binarus]

On 11.07.2017 20:38, MFPA wrote:
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> On Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 8:44:48 AM, in
> <mid:3499376d-11fb-9854-688a-48e054166647 at binarus.de>, Binarus wrote:-
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>> I am not sure if this is an intentional limitation of
>> the cards (to
>> prevent users from choosing idiotic pins like 1234 or
>> their birthday).
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> Surely things like 1234 can be prevented by software.
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But birthdays and the like probably not.

Furthermore (not being sure, so read with care), I think that the bank
does not know your pin, but it is stored in the banks' backends as some
sort of hash, and this means that such software would have to run on the
card.

Regards,

Binarus