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.
  • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    I think OP is conflating the use of emojis in passwords with the use of emojis by the general public.

    Yes, it’s annoying to read stuff like “Hi 😃😃😃😃 I am Bob ♥️♥️♥️😎😎😎😎,” but that doesn’t mean that using them in passwords is a bad idea.

    • xorEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Or that “hi 😊 I’m Bob” doesn’t express a (subtly) different meaning to “hi, I’m Bob”