Here’s a tip to keep when picking a password
Security Expert Reveals Surprising Way to Make Your Password Stronger: Use Emojis
“When intruders try to brute-force a password containing letters, numbers, and punctuation marks, there are fewer than a hundred variations for each symbol they need to pick,” Stan Kaminsky, with the cybersecurity giant Kaspersky, told The Sun.
“But there are more than 3,600 standardized emojis in Unicode, so adding one to your password forces hackers to go through around 3,700 variants per symbol.”
He added that emojis might be easier to remember than a “jumble” of letters, numbers, and punctuation, and they often aren’t used in a “brute-force” attack, which is when hackers attempt to log in to an account using a long list of potential passwords.
Stan warned that not all sites allow
for emojis, adding that it doesn’t always protect against being hacked.
“Of course, using emojis is no substitute for traditional security tips: using long passwords, a password manager, and two-factor authentication (2FA)” is also recommended.
Here’s another tip when picking a password. Psychologists have encouraged people to use affirmations as login passwords to bring positivity into their lives — at least for a brief moment during sign-in.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/24550506/emoji-password-trick-security-warning/