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Chris Hogg wrote:
On 22 Nov 2019 04:33:18 GMT, Tim+ wrote:



Whatever you get, don’t to the usual social services thing of using the
year of birth as a combination. After entering “19” that only leaves two
digits to guess and it doesn’t take long to work through the likely year
range.

Tim


+1


And the sequence in which you push the buttons doesn't matter, as long
as they're all pushed, so 'randomising' your birthday or whatever
won't make it any more difficult.


these beasts have numbers on wheels, The order does matter. I agree that
some of the cheaper electronic locks don't worry about order, but many do.

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