Timeline for How do Star Trek command codes secure anything?
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| Aug 23, 2019 at 20:49 | comment | added | Matt | late comment is late, but voy:s2,ep20 (Investigations) Neelix does exactly this: he hears an engineer use a code and then uses it to log in to Toms personal computer files. No messing with the computer and clearly his own voice, and not in the same location as the other guy - all that's needed seems to be the code. He did nothing but repeat a code he heard in engineering to override the computers lockout. This invalidates the 3 part authorisation as there is evidence that all you need is the code | |
| Dec 12, 2018 at 12:27 | comment | added | Hothie | It's not the fact that they use a 4-digit code that bothers me. Yes, we do exactly the same. It's that all the codes are like 1-0-0-0 or 1-0-0-1 or something like that. I would send a card back to the bank if they tell me it's pin is 0001. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 15:25 | comment | added | Mwr247 | @Hothie Isn't that exactly what we do today in the real world though? A card with a 4 digit PIN is the standard convention for withdrawing money, and yet it's considered generally secure (if it weren't, no one would use cards at all). On their own they're useless, but together they form a sufficient affirmation of identity for everyday use. All the more for Star Trek's additional verifications. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 10:01 | comment | added | Hothie | Ok. I accepted the answer. Well elaborated.:-) But in real Life, even if the ATMs would scan my iris, my fingerprint and check my voice I would not choose such a stupid pin code like alpha-1-0-1 as additional (nearly worthless) authentication.. | |
| Dec 5, 2018 at 9:54 | vote | accept | Hothie | ||
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| Oct 19, 2018 at 21:48 | history | answered | Mwr247 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |