17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Mike Duvos wrote:
An interesting twist on rubber hose decryption in the case of the murder of Jonathan Levin, son of the top executive of media giant Time Warner.
Police believe his ATM card was stolen, and he was then jabbed with a steak knife until he revealed the PIN.
A "duress" PIN which cancels the account would be a good addition; similar to the "duress" code on home security systems that appear to disarm the alarm but send a silent alarm to the monitoring station. -r.w.