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Comment by NoZebra120vClip

In the case of Windows Hello, a PIN is very different from a password (such as your live.com password). PINs are encrypted per-device, and are never transmitted from the device. They are resilient against rainbow table brute-forcing, and they generate asymmetric cryptographic key-pairs by using the device TPM.

So forget what you know about ATM PINs; this is a markedly different concept.

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