Editing Personal identification number (section)

==Reverse PIN hoax==
{{Main|ATM SafetyPIN software}}

Rumours have been in e-mail and Internet circulation claiming that in the event of entering a PIN into an ATM backwards,  law enforcement will be instantly alerted as well as money being ordinarily issued as if the PIN had been entered correctly.<ref name="PIN-Hoax">
{{cite web
  | url=http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp
  | title=Reverse PIN Panic Code
  | date=7 October 2006
 | access-date = 2007-03-02}}</ref> The intention of this scheme would be to protect victims of muggings; however, despite the [[ATM Safety PIN Software|system]] being proposed for use in some US states,<ref>[http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=562&GAID=3&LegID=3193 Full Text of SB0562] Illinois General Assembly, accessed 2011-07-20</ref><ref>[http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2005_06/versions/sb379_SB_379_PF_2.htm sb379_SB_379_PF_2.html Senate Bill 379] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323052605/http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2005_06/versions/sb379_SB_379_PF_2.htm |date=2012-03-23 }} Georgia General Assembly, published 2006, accessed 2011-07-20</ref> there are no ATMs currently in existence that employ this software.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-15|title=Will Entering Your ATM Pin Backwards Trigger the Police?|url=https://rare.us/rare-life/money-rare-life/will-entering-your-atm-pin-backwards-trigger-the-police/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Rare|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319082737/https://rare.us/rare-life/money-rare-life/will-entering-your-atm-pin-backwards-trigger-the-police/|url-status=dead}}</ref>