Re: duress ATM codes

[Steve Worona <sworona () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Better keep this real quiet so the bad guys don't find out. Cuz if they knew the secret, they say, "OK, sucker, be sure 
to enter the right PIN. If the machine says you ain't got no money, I'm gonna blow your head off."

So...shhhhhhhh!

Steve
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At 11:02 AM -0600 12/15/05, Kevin Shalla wrote:
> I know that the SecureID product used to (and perhaps still does) offer the ability for the user to supply a "duress" 
> PIN when accessing a system, which could immediately alert security personnel that the user is being threatened.  Does 
> anyone know if any banks have implemented this at ATMs?  I could imagine something like this:  A victim is carjacked 
> and brought to an ATM and forced to withdraw cash.  The victim enters in the duress PIN, and the machine reports that 
> the victim's balance is some random amount under $20 (maybe even overdrawn), and so cannot get any money.  The police 
> are automatically given the location of the ATM, along with a photo of the transaction which just occurred.  If this 
> were a standard feature (and victims could think well enough under stress to enter the duress PIN instead of the real 
> PIN), this type of crime might be eliminated.