Why do IMARKs have to be so long and random

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Old Greg replied

30 January 2019, 08:43
Originally posted by NigelJK View Post

Think that explains everything.

No. That was suity's business process engineering.
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NigelJK replied

30 January 2019, 08:38
I was the brains of the operation.

Think that explains everything.
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Old Greg replied

29 January 2019, 21:36
Originally posted by vetran View Post

you weren't asked back?

I was the brains of the operation.
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vetran replied

29 January 2019, 21:35
Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

The NHS Choose and Book system generated two word pass codes for patients to log in and book appointments. I remember in the early days when a patient who happened to be black was given the code 'chocolate face'.

you weren't asked back?
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Old Greg replied

29 January 2019, 15:53
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

If I had a contract to do that for HMRC, i'd make it create word sequences that were a string of obscenities.

The NHS Choose and Book system generated two word pass codes for patients to log in and book appointments. I remember in the early days when a patient who happened to be black was given the code 'chocolate face'.
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PhiltheGreek replied

29 January 2019, 13:33
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

If I had a contract to do that for HMRC, i'd make it create word sequences that were a string of obscenities.

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xoggoth replied

29 January 2019, 12:58
or this

client vibes camel vexed space

If I had a contract to do that for HMRC, i'd make it create word sequences that were a string of obscenities.
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TwoWolves replied

29 January 2019, 12:12
They clearly need to hire more contractors.
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OwlHoot started a topic Why do IMARKs have to be so long and random

29 January 2019, 11:57
Why do IMARKs have to be so long and random

Just confirmed my self-assessment emailed to be by my accountant, and vexed again as I am each year by how long the IMARK value is and painstaking to copy.

It just shows the incompetent, obscurantist mindset of HMR&C IT developers, when an IMARK comprising a few randomly selected space-separated five-letter actual words would have been just as effective to confirm that the accountant's client has seen the online form, which is the sole purpose of the IMARK

What would be better for users, this monstrosity (which contains letter "O"s as well as zeroes) :

FB7JJNMQGSX7CJYNUOBPZPHRLYVZ0XAY

or this

client vibes camel vexed space
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