ATM upside down password can alarm? The police refute the "anti robbery trick"
if taken to the ATM machine to withdraw money, you can reverse the bank card password, in the smooth withdrawal of money, ATM opportunity quietly alarm! Recently, such a "anti robbery coup" circulated on the Internet, flickering a lot of people, the police and other relevant departments even once believed it.
Han people in Ji'nan said that at the end of August, she saw this "clever trick" on her blog. At that time, she was doubtful, not much of a matter. On the evening of September 2nd, when she visited Sina micro-blog, a detachment of the Ji'nan Municipal Public Security Bureau, she found similar blog posts. At this moment, she could believe it.
in September 3rd, when she visited the police's blog again in the morning, she found that this "clever move" had been withdrawn and increased the apology and posting of the police.
one of the apology Post said: "last night forwarded to the ATM machine to withdraw the password when the reverse password a text, this morning and the UnionPay Company, Shandong ATM machine has no alarm function, please the vast majority of the unionUnion card users pay attention to the surrounding and surrounding environment, as much as possible during the daytime withdrawals, try to find seal as far as possible. Closed ATM room withdrawals. I apologize for forwarding the text yesterday.
another apology blog said: "apologize again for Ben Bo's unverified text."
it is learnt that not only did Shandong not have such a "reverse password anti hijacking" ATM machine, nor did it exist anywhere else in the country. Some netizens refer to the gate of the rumor: if it is an intermediate symmetric password, or a password that repeats the same number, it is the same to lose and be losing, is it not a call to the police every time?
yesterday, the reporter also called the customer service telephone consultation of several banks, and found that the so-called clever move does not exist.
How did this rumor circulate? Reporters found that the media in Hangzhou had recently traced the source of rumors. Finally, in 2006, a media reported that a technology company developed a bank alarm system, the reverse password can alarm; in 2009, a student in Shanghai Jiaotong University invented a double cipher alarm system, the bank card holder can apply for two passwords, one is the normal secret code, the other is the alarm password. However, the two kinds of inventions have not been put into use yet. The information circulated on the Internet is the real existence of what is still in the theoretical level.
in fact, there is a case where "reverse password" can be used to prevent stolen Trojan horses from stealing QQ, online banking and game accounts. The simplest way is to first lose the password and then move the cursor to the front with the mouse, then enter the first few digits. If you worry about not insurance, you can make this input way more complicated.