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Security expert reveals surprising way to make your password stronger: use emojis

nypost.com Security expert reveals surprising way to make your password stronger: use emojis

It turns out that emoticons are considered a symbol, so they can beef up your passwords and make them more secure in combination with letters and numbers. Here’s how.

Security expert reveals surprising way to make your password stronger: use emojis
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  • That’s the worst idea i have ever heard

    • Come on seriously? There are guys out there who send pictures of their genitals to women thinking that'll impress them. I'm sure you've heard at least one idea worse than this. 😜

      (psst don't tell anyone but that emoji is in my lemmy.world password... maybe)

    • It’s not even the worst idea in passwords. Assuming the back end can handle it, an emoji is just another character.

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