On the Subject of Password Buttons
You might think that a password that doesn’t seem to meet government security requirements is pretty straightforward.
That’s the kind of thinking that gets people exploded.
- The buttons below each letter, when unlocked, cycle through the possibilities for the letters on the display.
- The possible colours of the buttons are: Red, Yellow, Blue, White, and Black.
- Follow the rules corresponding to the button’s colour in the order they are listed.
- Hold the button when the digit according to the first rule that applies is the last seconds digit of the bomb timer:
Red
- If any letter on the display is present in the serial number: 5
- If the first letter on the display comes before the others alphabetically: 9
- If the button is the leftmost or rightmost button on the module: 2
- If none of the above apply: 3
Yellow
- If there are any duplicate letters on the display: 7
- If the third letter on the display comes between the second and fourth alphabetically: 1
- If the button is not adjacent to any red, yellow, or white buttons: 6
- If none of the above apply: 5
Blue
- If the display does not contain a vowel: 4
- If the last letter on the display comes after the others alphabetically: 3
- If any non-adjacent button is white: 8
- If none of the above apply:
0
White
- If any pair of letters on the display are alphabetically adjacent: 2
- If exactly one of the first and last letters on the display is in the range A–M:
0
- If there are no yellow buttons on the module: 7
- If none of the above apply: 9
Black
- If the letter X is present on the display: 8
- If the third letter on the display is present in the serial number or alphabetically adjacent to a letter in the serial number: 6
- If there are an odd number of distinctly coloured buttons on the module: 1
- If none of the above apply: 4