- PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…PIN :: == Personal Identification Number == ~-[[Technology]] {{Databox Image="JamesGoodfellow.jpg" title="James Goodfellow" width="350" Born="1937" Birth_place="Paisley [[Scotland ]]" death_date="now" }} The Personal Identification Number wa…
…s invented by Goodfellow in 1966 to secure cash ATM machines. Referred to as the 'Chip & PIN' system. === James Goodfellow 1966 === James Goodfellow OBE was born in Paisley, [[Scotland]] in 1937. During the 1960’s saw the trend of employe…
…stomers to get cash when it was shut. The task was taken up by Kelvin Hughes, a subsidiary of Smiths Industries Ltd. Goodfellow designed a software system that could accept a machine-readable encrypted card, identifying the individual, and providi…