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by olalonde 4 days ago
Deceiving a kidnapper into thinking you complied with their order to unlock your phone would be a legitimate use.
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My RSA app accepts a PIN before it generates a passcode. If I enter the wrong PIN, it’ll generate a wrong passcode.

Do, I guess the cops will continue to beat me until I produce a valid passcode.

This feels like a rhetorical question but I'm not entirely sure. What do you mean?
It was just an observation of a clever feature of my security token, as well as one on how futile it is if whoever wants a real passcode really wants it.
Oh ok, I misunderstood! Ledger wallet has a similar feature where you can assign a decoy wallet to a pin code.