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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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.

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Cryptography. As in, using encryption and encryption keys to authenticate me, rather than just a password.

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