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.
Plot twist: it explodes after 3 wrong guesses.
It looks like it already has a couple of times already.
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.
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.
Had this once at a retail store while paying. Entering PIN without muscle memory. … Weird and almost made 3 errors which would have blocked my card.
Hint: the beginning of time
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.
I learned that while buying tobacco products while underage.
If you walk in and act like you do this everyday you’re less likely to get carded.
Act like you belong
It’s silly but it’s true. Especially if you’ve got a package, a ladder, etc. Nobody’s going to hassle a dude carrying a ladder because he’s clearly Doing Something Important.
When it’s a regular old apartment building you don’t even need that. You can just wait until someone walks in and just follow them through. Happens all the time. Which is why I make sure to always pull security doors closed behind me. I’d rather not be the cause of a break-in or worse.
Bonus: Address of the building is 1790.
Or year of construction or company start was 1970.
That was how the code to my grandpa’s ward worked. If you could remember the street address, you knew the code to get out of the Alzheimer’s wing.
