If all numbers have a 1/10 chance of selection, why is a combination like “3478” safer than “0000” or “1234” for a PIN?

Question

If all numbers have a 1/10 chance of selection, why is a combination like “3478” safer than “0000” or “1234” for a PIN?

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Answer 1

Because if you are attempting to crack a pin, you’re not randomly guessing, at least not at first. You can quickly check the easy patterns, and if those don’t work, then go on to brute-force it without much extra processing power, so there is no downside in checking nonrandom PINs first