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Software Engineer - Mercury Command

San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, Or Remote Within Canada Or United States | Any Office Or RemoteFull timeEngineeringPosted 9d agoStill open. Checked 4h ago

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In 1965, an engineer in Scotland was given a mundane task with a tricky problem to it - banks wanted to close on Saturdays and still serve customers, but they didn’t know how to solve authentication of the right user. James Goodfellow, working at Smiths Industries, uncovered the insight that you needed something you have (a card) and something you know (a PIN). Because someone told him they could only remember 4 digits instead of his proposed 6, today over 3 million ATMs use a card+4 digit PIN over 60 years later.…

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